who built the great sphinx and when?
the great sphinx is at giza in egypt next to the great pyramids.
the pyramids were built by pharaohs in approximately 2500 BC. the great shinx has the body of a lion and the face of a man. Many scientists think the man may have been Khafre, a pharaoh at that time.
However,scientists do not all agree on this. John West and Robert Schoch have discovered water erosion on the sphinx. But, in the middle of the Egyptian desert, where could the water have come from? Heavy rain was only common in egypt around 5000 BC. So west and schoch believe that Khafre can’t have built the Sphinx. The sphinx must already have existed at giza when the pyramids were built. But we have no idea who might have built it.