The Sphinx, the enduring symbol if ancient Egypt. one of the world's most significant monuments. A monstrous 240 feet long and 66 feet high, it lies in the old kingdom quarry, carved from a core of solid bedrock and completed with masonry.
Now is where we run into a problem. We cannot truly date this monument. It was thought to be around 2500BC but it could actually be in fact 9,000 years older than that. They believe this due to the erosion of it, it is not wind, but water, meaning it had to be dated back to when Egypt could've actually had that much water. Now, how can we be so sure? This would change alot in history, and Egyptoligist are all against the thought. Well,
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