# It was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was…

> Most likely: It was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was worshipped later as Horemakhet.

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# It was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was…

It was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was worshipped later as Horemakhet.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The head carries royal insignia (nemes, uraeus) original to the carving.
- The body and head are laid out together on a single module.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence under the cladding of an earlier head form or an animal head.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[Lehner reads the body as laid out to 100 cubits and the head to a matching module.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSTDC673K/lehner-reads-the-body-as-laid-out-to-100-cubits-and-the-head)

Suggestive

FOR

[The head wears the nemes headdress with a uraeus, royal insignia of the Fourth Dynasty.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWST5J2ND9/the-head-wears-the-nemes-headdress-with-a-uraeus-royal)

Supported

FOR

[The worship of the Sphinx as Horemakhet is attested only from the New Kingdom, on the Dream Stele and later…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSTN63140/the-worship-of-the-sphinx-as-horemakhet-is-attested-only)

Established

FOR

## The questions it answers

[What did the Sphinx originally represent?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/questions/QST0CTWSDFA7K8D/what-did-the-sphinx-originally-represent)

Most likelyIt was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). It was made as the king, with a human head on a lion's body, as part of his pyramid complex; it was… [Answer ANS0CTWSSXR57TC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSSXR57TC
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