Answer · Great Sphinx of Giza
The Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the…
The Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the Sphinx Temple.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests supported it: four pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- The core blocks of the Sphinx Temple come from the beds removed from the Sphinx ditch.
- The ditch was cut after the Khafre causeway and its drainage channel.
- No securely dated material older than the Fourth Dynasty lies in the enclosure or under the Sphinx Temple.
- The original head, beneath later repairs, is consistent in style with Khafre's statuary.
What would rule it out
- Securely dated pre-Khufu material sealed beneath the Sphinx Temple floor or in an undisturbed cut of the ditch, or a stratigraphic relationship showing the ditch was cut before Khufu's quarries.
Evidence 4 for · 2 against
FOR
FOR
FOR
AGAINST
The questions it answers
Most likelyThe Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the… [Answer ANS0CTWSDYY5J8F]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSDYY5J8F
@misc{mysteriesdept_ans0ctwsdyy5j8f,
title = {The Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0CTWSDYY5J8F},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSDYY5J8F}
}