Danakil depression a real place on earth
Although the surface of the Danakil depression may look like another planet, it is certainly not. This salt desert is located in Ethiopia, and it is often referred to as the hottest place on earth. It is an alien-like landscape that is formed by the drift of tectonic plates, and it contains volcanoes, salt lakes, and lava lakes.
....and what do you mean that the climate might change back... without Greenpeace's murderous terrorists.
in the case of the sphinx its already manmade climatechange.
look at the history of the nile and the niledelta