Faraonsfinge

tells how a young prince (later Pharaoh Thutmose IV) fell asleep in the Sphinx's shadow. The monument, then buried up to its neck in sand, appeared to him in a dream, promising him the crown of Egypt if he cleared the desert sands from its body. Thutmose fulfilled the request and indeed became Pharaoh. Key Facts About the Pharaoh and the Sphinx

Geologist Robert Schoch proposed that the Great Sphinx shows evidence of rainfall erosion—implying its construction date may be 7,000–9,000 BC, predating pharaonic civilization. Mainstream Egyptologists reject this, citing Nile flooding and aquifer damage. Regardless, it proves the Faraonsfinge is older than previously thought. faraonsfinge