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Archaeology Problems
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Is it not the case that the stone around the Sphinx was in situ or not “exposed to light (then re-buried)”? I’m assuming OSL is the technique since afaik the Sphinx structure wasn’t burned (TL)?
https://www.thoughtco.com/luminescence-dating-cosmic-method-171538
I see articles that OSL confirms established dates, just not sure how the exposed-to-light-then-reburied works. We know the Sphinx was buried in the late 18th century, but obviously had been uncovered at some point before that in order to be built - what effect would that have on the OSL dating?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263201697_Surface_luminescence_dating_of_some_Egyptian_monuments lol
lol. Yeah ok. That’s fine. Numbers and technology can’t lie.
https://annas-archive.gs/