# Temple 2009: The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis

> Robert Temple, Olivia Temple, 2009. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The Anubis reading; cited as a published rival, not as evidence.

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# The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis

Robert Temple, Olivia Temple, 2009. _Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont (ISBN 9781594772719)_.

Argues that the Sphinx was originally a crouching jackal, Anubis, whose head was recut as a king's in the Middle Kingdom, and that the enclosure was a moat.

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## What it's used for here

The Anubis reading; cited as a published rival, not as evidence.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[It was carved as a recumbent jackal, Anubis, guarding a moat-like enclosure, and its head was recut as a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSVME7Q75/it-was-carved-as-a-recumbent-jackal-anubis-guarding-a-moat)

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[The head was recut in the Middle Kingdom from an earlier head.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSX3A31FT/the-head-was-recut-in-the-middle-kingdom-from-an-earlier)

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[Temple argues the body's long, flat back and the enclosure's shape fit Anubis and a moat.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSVW821W2/temple-argues-the-bodys-long-flat-back-and-the-enclosures)

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[Temple identifies the face as Amenemhat II's on stylistic grounds.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSXB426CE/temple-identifies-the-face-as-amenemhat-iis-on-stylistic)

Evidence

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[Robert Temple](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/people/FIG0CTWS7C03EBD/robert-temple)

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[The Great Sphinx of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx)

The mystery article

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

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## Cite it

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Temple, R., & Temple, O. (2009). The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis. Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont (ISBN 9781594772719). https://www.simonandschuster.co.in/books/The-Sphinx-Mystery/Robert-Temple/9781594778841
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