when was the sphinx in Egypt made?

Question

I NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT WAS BUILT,
WHO MADE IT , AND HOW LONG IT TOOK TO BUILD IT .{ SERISOLY IF UR NOT CERTAIN DONT ANSWER.}

Answer 1

Sphinx, in ancient Egypt, the stone figure of a lion in a resting posture, the upper part of the body being that of a human, usually male rather than female. In Egypt sphinxes appear to have been set up along avenues that formed the approaches to temples.

The most famous of all Egyptian sphinxes is the Great Sphinx at Giza, near the pyramids. It guards the entrance to the Nile Valley. With the exception of the paws, it was carved from one block of stone and measures about 20 m (about 66 ft) high and about 73 m (about 240 ft) long. The statue, which probably dates from around 2500 bc, was intended to represent the Egyptian god Horus. In some Egyptian sphinxes the upper part of the body is that of a ram, and the creature is known as a Criosphinx. If a sphinx has the upper body of a falcon, it is known as a Hieracosphinx.



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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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No body knows for sure who built it. There are theories.
The most famous theory is that the builder Chephern (Khafre), the builder of the second pyramid. This is because of the similarity between the Sphinx head and statues carved for the king (see first source), and also for the proximity of the sphinx to Khafre's causeway (connecting between the Chephern's mortuary and valley temples).
Some Egyptologists believe its builder could be Khufu (Cheops), the builder of the Great Pyramid or Radjedef aka Djedefre, a son of King Cheops

Answer 4

The Sphynx dates to the Old Kingdom according to Egyptologist. Its context suggest that it belongs to Khafre's complex (ruler of Egypt from 2520-2494 BC), but there is no direct evidence for this. There is no way to date the Sphinx with certainty and that's why everybody accepted what the Egyptologists had discovered.

Answer 5

Scientists argue about that. Some say 20.000 years ago some say it was made when the pyramids were built 2723 BC–2563 BC. The head at least is from that age but the body could be much much older.

Read this for some more short info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza

Answer 6

Nobody knows these things about the sphinx. It was found almost covered with sand.