# Fossil beds in the Sphinx Temple's core blocks match the strata of the Sphinx ditch, so the temple was built…

> Fossil beds in the Sphinx Temple's core blocks match the strata of the Sphinx ditch, so the temple was built from the stone quarried to free the statue.

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# Fossil beds in the Sphinx Temple's core blocks match the strata of the Sphinx ditch, so the temple was built…

Fossil beds in the Sphinx Temple's core blocks match the strata of the Sphinx ditch, so the temple was built from the stone quarried to free the statue.

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[The Sphinx was carved under Khafre, about 2550 to 2520 BC, in the same quarrying operation that supplied the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSDYY5J8F/the-sphinx-was-carved-under-khafre-about-2550-to-2520-bc-in)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Fossil beds in the Sphinx Temple's core blocks match the strata of the Sphinx ditch, so the temple was built… [Evidence EVD0CTWSE6R7HVQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CTWSE6R7HVQ
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