Talk:Great Sphinx of Giza

Superfluous citation needed tag

I feel like its kind of assanine to go around putting "citation needed" and not even checking for the needed citation within the article, as the first citation needed can be fulfullied by citing citation number 4 for the idea that the sphinx is generally regarded to have been made to look like the Pharoah whose reign it was built during. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.35.240.184 (talk) 01:22, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

96.35.240.184: Good point. Whoever added the tag wasn't paying attention. I've removed it. A. Parrot (talk) 02:59, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

holes/shafts

Are there holes/shafts in the Sphinx?Halbared (talk) 18:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

@Halbared: There are a few short passages, some created by natural fissures and erosion and some by people cutting into the Sphinx at various times after it was carved. I don't think I have access to any really solid reliable sources on the subject, but here is an overview from an amateur. Fringe theorists like to imagine more extensive passages in or around the Sphinx, a belief that derives from Edgar Cayce's prophecy of a "Hall of Records" under the Sphinx, but nothing resembling their claims has been found. A. Parrot (talk) 22:04, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Halbared (talk) 09:51, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2019

Please delete "by" in this sentence:

The Arab historian al-Maqrīzī, writing in the 15th century, attributes the loss of the nose to by Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr

148.252.24.230 (talk) 09:10, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for the request. Willbb234 (talk) 10:20, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Signs of water erosion.

The Sphinx is not a statue because statues are built upwards. The Sphinx was DUG downwards. This is the only example in I know of of a structure being dug (Apart from Abu Simbel). I can only imagine that the HEAD had been fashioned on the Giza Plateau before anyone decided to build the Pyramids and then when stone was needed for the pyramid someone said "I have an good idea"!.

Once the stone had been removed from the Sphinx enclosure a Bay was built to bring new stone to the pyramid. The Sphinx is now under the water of the Nile. For the next 20 year the sphinx was flooded by the Nile and so the body shows signs of water erosion but not the head which has always been above the flood plain.Sherlockh22 (talk) 22:05, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Potential Dating Error

This may be the fault of citing an old source but the section on "Early Egypologists" begins: "In 1857, Auguste Mariette, founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, unearthed the much later Inventory Stela (estimated to be from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, c. 678–525 BC),..." The 26th dynasty was established in 664 when Psamtek/Psammetichus seized the throne. This earlier date *may* be considering Psamtek's father, Necho I, as part of the 26th dynasty but this is not an orthodox opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.16.101.114 (talk) 21:25, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

I've corrected the dates. Thank you for pointing this out. A. Parrot (talk) 00:21, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

is commonly believed to have been designed, sculpted, and constructed by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the pharaoh Khafre - It is accepted, not believed! The vast majority of Egyptologists have demonstrated this over and over. There are a few fringe theories out there with a handful of followers. The way this is worded is implying that there are several other, strongly contested and proven theories. The fact is there are not. It needs to be rewritten to show that this is the ACCEPTED theory, not just believed, and not one of several equally as strong claims2A00:23C4:215:C500:0:D2CA:4AE1:57B3 (talk) 14:58, 5 December 2020 (UTC)