The origin of the Great Sphinx is basically unknown; Verner is correct when he claims it's "the pretty embodiment of antiquity and of mystery by itself." The initial-ever King who signifies himself in the form of the sphinx using a lion's mane was Amenemhat III, in the course of the https://www.luxreisen.net/blog/wo-steht-die-sphinx-in-%C3%A4gypten