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Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx (book review)
JPP, 2026. Ancient Egypt magazine 154, published on The Past, 16 April 2026.
A favourable magazine review of Reader's 2026 book that summarises its arguments: Ma'adi-culture occupation of the plateau about 3500 BC, flash-flood erosion of the enclosure curtailed by Khufu's quarrying, a Second Dynasty Sphinx, a later Valley Temple, and a head first carved as the lion deity Mafdet and recut by Khufu.
What it's used for here
Journalism; the source for the content of Reader's 2026 argument.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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JPP (2026). Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx (book review). Ancient Egypt magazine 154, published on The Past, 16 April 2026. https://the-past.com/review/books/rewriting-the-history-of-the-great-sphinx/
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. “Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx (book review).” Ancient Egypt magazine 154, published on The Past, 16 April 2026 (2026).