Modern excavations near the Great Sphinx have uncovered mud-brick structures, including enclosure walls and causeways documented by the ARCE Sphinx Mapping Project. In 1990, a tourist stumbled on low mud-brick remains south of the Sphinx. These ancient mud-brick features are separate from the main limestone monument. Examples of sphinx duality exist at Edfu (criosphinxes) and Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes. 🌍
1120 AD Arabic explorer al-Idrisi reported sighting of second mud-brick sphinx
Key facts
- Arabic explorer Muhammad al-Idrisi (~1120 AD) reportedly claimed to have seen a second sphinx made of mud brick near the Nile River
- The reported mud-brick sphinx was described as smaller than the Great Sphinx and in a dilapidated state
- The Nile was reportedly already lapping at its feet; speculated to have eventually been eroded away
- Examples of duality in sphinx iconography cited include criosphinxes at Edfu and the Avenue of Sphinxes at Luxor
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