# Hawass and Lehner found three blocks abandoned in the Sphinx quarry on their way to the Sphinx Temple,…

> Hawass and Lehner found three blocks abandoned in the Sphinx quarry on their way to the Sphinx Temple, consistent with the work stopping abruptly.

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# Hawass and Lehner found three blocks abandoned in the Sphinx quarry on their way to the Sphinx Temple,…

Hawass and Lehner found three blocks abandoned in the Sphinx quarry on their way to the Sphinx Temple, consistent with the work stopping abruptly.

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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). Hawass and Lehner found three blocks abandoned in the Sphinx quarry on their way to the Sphinx Temple,… [Evidence EVD0CTWSEY67VCE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CTWSEY67VCE
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