Ball of yarn.
What else could it have been?
It was the Dream Stele
Yes it does
It had / has two paws.
No one, as far is known, is buried beneath the paws.
Ball of yarn. What else could it have been?
The sphinx is said to date to the time of Khafre. A temple dedicated to Haremakhet was erected by Khafre. It was located right in front of the paws of the Sphinx.
The stele that is between the paws records a dream Tuthmosis IV had when he was a prince.
the Sphinx is made out of which the Sphinx was made out of hard and soft limestone. Over the years, Ancient Egyptians added more and more stone to the fore paws of the Sphinx, therefore it is also made out of stone, too.
15 meters each together they are the size of a blue whale
The stele that is between the paws records a dream Tuthmosis IV had when he was a prince. He dreamt that he stopped to rest in the shadow of the Sphinx during a hunting expedition in the desert. While asleep, the Sphinx spoke to him, saying that he would become king if he cleared away the sand that all but buried the Sphinx. When he became king, Tuthmosis IV cleared the sand and erected a stele that tells the story of his dream. After the work was completed, a chapel was built next to the Sphinx to venerate this sun god.
No. It was placed outside the great Pyramid of Giza.
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.