Who Built the Great Sphinx?
Like the mystery surrounding the pyramids, no one knows who constructed the Sphinx and why it was built. The Sphinx is subject to a lot of speculations, and conspiracy theorists never stop inventing new stories. Two theories examine the question of who was behind the construction of the Sphinx. The first theory credits the creation of the Sphinx to Khafre, who also built the second-largest Pyramid. If this theory is true, then the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE.
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But some archeologists and scholars determine the Sphinx be of an older time, even older than Khafre himself. On this basis, the second theory credits the building of the Sphinx to Khufu, who was Khafre’s father and also the mastermind behind the construction of the Great Pyramid.