Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "The Age of the Sphinx | Battle of the Geologists" video.

I suspect if (note the IF) there was a neolithic culture living along the Nile circa 10,000 years ago the evidence is mostly buried in the silt now filling the Nile River Valley. Just how much lower was the Nile relative to it's current level then. I have a had time believing that the Nile was close to it's current level when sea levels were 100+ meters lower than they are today. The amount that we know about the past isn't squat compared to what was actually going on. We know that cultures were building crude stone structures on what is now the bottom of the Aegean Sea 8000 years ago minimum. Why? Because Robert Ballard found them while surveying the wrecks off of Gallipoli for National Geographic. Who were these people? Sedentary hunter gathers? Neolithic farmers? And if these structures exist in this one location surely there are more.
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@mrjones2721 The estimates I believe are based off of what is known about sea level rise at the end of the last Glacial Advance, current depth of water etc. One question that should be answered is if there has been significant geologic vertical movement in the area. Due the sunken warships the whole area is off limits to diving because of war graves issues. I think limited diving on the specific sites in the area should be allowed. Another issue may be unexploded ordinance. If there is any datable organic material is another matter.
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