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28 Jun 2012, 2:17 pm

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It is true that the pyramids will be gone in a few thousand years, along with the sphinx. And if all humans dissapeared today, then it would take only a thousand years or so before all trace of us has gone. The only remaining things will be huge structures we build today out of stone (perhaps the statue of Jesus in Brazil may endure).


The pyramids and the sphinx are made out of stone.


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28 Jun 2012, 2:55 pm

puddingmouse wrote:
Robdemanc wrote:
It is true that the pyramids will be gone in a few thousand years, along with the sphinx. And if all humans dissapeared today, then it would take only a thousand years or so before all trace of us has gone. The only remaining things will be huge structures we build today out of stone (perhaps the statue of Jesus in Brazil may endure).


The pyramids and the sphinx are made out of stone.


Yes and they are all that is left of the ancient Egyptian civilisation. But they too will erode in the future.



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28 Jun 2012, 3:13 pm

Robdemanc wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
Robdemanc wrote:
It is true that the pyramids will be gone in a few thousand years, along with the sphinx. And if all humans dissapeared today, then it would take only a thousand years or so before all trace of us has gone. The only remaining things will be huge structures we build today out of stone (perhaps the statue of Jesus in Brazil may endure).


The pyramids and the sphinx are made out of stone.


Yes and they are all that is left of the ancient Egyptian civilisation. But they too will erode in the future.


They will probably last a goodly amount of time. I'd give them maybe 10,000 years.


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28 Jun 2012, 3:15 pm

Robdemanc wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
Robdemanc wrote:
It is true that the pyramids will be gone in a few thousand years, along with the sphinx. And if all humans dissapeared today, then it would take only a thousand years or so before all trace of us has gone. The only remaining things will be huge structures we build today out of stone (perhaps the statue of Jesus in Brazil may endure).


The pyramids and the sphinx are made out of stone.


Yes and they are all that is left of the ancient Egyptian civilisation. But they too will erode in the future.


Everything will erode, given enough time.

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