Joe Rogan Experience #2560 - David Grusch · Aired Sep 30, 2026
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The water table at the Hawara site was altered by the construction of a dam in the 1960s, causing the labyrinth area to flood.
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Hawara does have a high water table, and water is damaging the site. But the documented cause is irrigation canals: the Bahr Sharqiyyah was cut through the site centuries ago, and the Bahr Abdul Wahbi was built in 1900 to 1907. Nothing we found says a 1960s dam flooded the labyrinth.
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Is it true that the water table at the Hawara site was altered by the construction of a dam in the 1960s, causing the labyrinth area to flood?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Hawara does have a high water table, and water is damaging the site. But the documented cause is irrigation canals: the Bahr Sharqiyyah was cut through the site centuries ago, and the Bahr Abdul Wahbi was built in 1900 to 1907. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2560 - David Grusch, aired Sep 30, 2026, at 1:25:15. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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