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Hewn out of living rock the Sphinx measures
150 feet long and 70 feet from base to the
top of the head and said to be the image of
the GOD Ra-Harmachis. Originally thought to
be the work of CHAFRA one of the middle
kingdom Pharoahs, but inscriptions found
since have shown that it was around at the
time of Chafu.
The age of the Sphinx is very difficult to
tell and some of the latest research suggest
that because the head is small in comparison
to the body that it may have been altered
from its original look. One scientist even
beleives that because of the way the base has
been worn away that it could only have been
caused by water damage which would date it
back to not long after the last ice age.
The Sphinx was originally covered in
limestone and probably covered with ornaments
on its red coloured head unfortunatly because
of its bad treament( especially bye the
Muhammadan rulers who used it for target
practice) no trace of this monuments former
glory can be seen today.