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The Sphinx stands just outside Khafra's valley temple. It was carved in place out of the limestone bedrock. It's about 60 feet tall. Between the front paws is the "dream stele," a signpost put up by Tuthmosis IV in the 18th dynasty (1555 - 1305 BC, i.e. about 1000 years after the Sphinx was carved) describing how the king was hunting nearby when he dreamt of an oracle that promised him the crown of Egypt if he ordered the sand that had accumulated around the statue removed. |
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