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Why was the sphinx of Egypt built?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 1/15/2022

As yet no-one knows and its unlikely we ever will seeing as we don't know who built it or exactly when although it is speculated that it predates the pyramids by millennia

It is most truly one of if not the most wonderous of the wonders of the ancient world

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