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Why was the Great Sphinx Built?

We have, perhaps, all seen pictures of Egypt’s Great Sphinx.  It is a monster made of rock, with the head of a man and the body of a couching lion.  It stands near the three great Egyptian pyramids. Why was it built?  One idea is that the sphinx was supposed to represent an ancient Egyptian …

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