Answer · Great Sphinx of Giza
The Sphinx was carved in the Early Dynastic period, in the Second Dynasty or soon after, before Khufu began…
The Sphinx was carved in the Early Dynastic period, in the Second Dynasty or soon after, before Khufu began work at Giza.
Where it stands
DisputedTwo pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Runoff features in the ditch walls are truncated by, and so older than, Khufu's quarry cuts on the plateau above.
- The Sphinx Temple is earlier than Khafre's Valley Temple.
- Early Dynastic material exists on the Giza plateau near the enclosure.
What would rule it out
- A stratigraphic sequence in which Khufu-period quarry debris or cuts lie beneath the Sphinx ditch's weathering features, or a demonstration that the Sphinx Temple and the Valley Temple were built in one phase.
Evidence 2 for · 2 against
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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 in the Early Dynastic period, in the Second Dynasty or soon after, before Khufu began… [Answer ANS0CTWSGD23JAV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSGD23JAV
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year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0CTWSGD23JAV},
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