the reason the tut build the spinx was the same reason as the pyramids were built, he did its so that he could be remember in the future and as the spinx is still there and you are asking this question the spinx did its job
Tutankhamen did not build the sphinx. Current thinking is that it was created by a very ancient race pre-dating the egyptians.
Make a Lion laying down like a dog, and give it a head like King Tut. -_-
Small pyramids.
Yes, the type of stone that was used to build the Sphinx was from a lower part of the ninle river almost into Nubia near the 2nd cataract. The stone was quarried and loaded onto ships to sail up the nile to the sphinx location.
The exact date of the building of the Great Sphinx of Giza is unknown. However, it is believed that the Sphinx was built in or around 2500 BC.
Tutankhamen did not build the sphinx. Current thinking is that it was created by a very ancient race pre-dating the egyptians.
king tut In the related links box below, I posted a website about the research on the sphinx.
they made mud brick and them baked them in the sun and that's how they built the sphinx! :)
what was used to build king tut's tomb
the sphinx was built in Egyipt
yes it was hard to build
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A sphinx
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The sphinx was carved out of solid limestone. No bricks were used.
Make a Lion laying down like a dog, and give it a head like King Tut. -_-