Was there really a discovery of a second statue of the Sphinx in the pyramid's antiquities area?

The statements of an antiquities inspector in the pyramid area about the discovery of a rock resembling the Sphinx caused a great uproar in the archaeological center, about the validity of this statement or not, and whether there really is a second Sphinx or not?

The beginning of the story when Reda Abdel Halim, Director of Public Relations at the Giza Pyramids at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, stated that there is a rock in the pyramids area that resembles the first Sphinx, based on the publication of scientific research at Zagazig University confirming the existence of a rock similar to the Sphinx or what was called the statue of Abu The second horror.

And not only this, but the Director of Public Relations at the Giza Pyramids at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities gave the description of the alleged statue or rock, saying: The statue is 73 meters long, the head is 20.5 meters high, the hands and limbs are 15.5 meters long, and all sizes are exactly the same as the old statue.

In response to this and the importance of the matter, Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Culture, stated to “The Seventh Day” to clarify this, denying this cam in the first place, and stressing that there was no discovery of the Sphinx, and that the rock in the area was discovered a long time ago and did not It represents any of the features of the Sphinx at all, and its shape does not exceed that of any ordinary rock, and everything that it raises is completely unfounded.

It is known that the statue of the Sphinx crouching in the Giza desert, standing forward with its back to the three pyramids, dates back to about 2500 BC. It remained under the sand until 1939, only its head was visible from it until detections began, and when they removed the sand from it, they did not find any inscriptions on it. Indicates its maker or its age.

The Great Sphinx is one of the greatest statues built by the ancient Egyptians. The body length of the statue, carved in the form of a lion, is about 73.5 meters, including the length of the two front legs of the statue is 15 meters.



The width of this statue is about 19.3 m, and the height of the statue from the surface of the ground until reaching the top of the statue's head is estimated at about 20 meters.