"Oh, madam, what will really get your grey matter stirring later is when you realise that the "ancient people’ are far older than accepted archaeology would have you believe," Fleur replied in an ethereal tone. "Geology around the enclosure of the Sphinx is clearly evidence of water erosion, pushing the dating back to the tend of the last ice age at the very least. Some estimate the site is anywhere between twelve thousand and thirty-three thousand years old, suggesting a lost civilisation may have built these structures."