# The ditch was quarried around the body, and its stone went into the Sphinx Temple.

> The ditch was quarried around the body, and its stone went into the Sphinx Temple.

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# The ditch was quarried around the body, and its stone went into the Sphinx Temple.

The ditch was quarried around the body, and its stone went into the Sphinx Temple.

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[The body was a reserved block left by cutting a U-shaped ditch into a sloping bedrock bench; no free-standing…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSKTE583Y/the-body-was-a-reserved-block-left-by-cutting-a-u-shaped)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The ditch was quarried around the body, and its stone went into the Sphinx Temple. [Evidence EVD0CTWSM283BYK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CTWSM283BYK
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