Dream stela
1- A granite stela weighing 15 tones and 3.5 m tall .
2- located between the front paws of the Sphinx.
3- erected by Thutmose IV , 18th dynasty and dated to the first year of his reign.
4- This commemorates his accession to the Throne and tells the story of how a young prince on a hunting expedition in the vicinity of the Sphinx.
He fell asleep in the shadow of the statues head indicating that sand then lay up to its neck .
While he slept, the Sphinx as the embodiment of the sun and primeval king.
In all its aspects Khepri-Re-Atum appeared in a dream and offered him the Throne of upper and lower Egypt in return for repairing its body and cleaning the sand.
The text break off , but at the top of the stela Thutmose etched a scene of him self giving offerings and libations to the Sphinx.
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Khepri- Re-Atun ……. Thutmose , my son , I am your father if you free me from the sand that oppresses me , I will make you king and you will wear on your head the white crown and the red crown.
Thutmose did as he was told and also built retaing walls to halt the advance of the sand .
To recall the event he placed a pink granite stela about 4 m in height between the paws of the Sphinx.
The Sphinx temple
1- in front of the Sphinx , slightly to the right are the remains of a small temple in limestone and pink Aswan granite with 2 enterances .
2- It once boasted a courtyard with an interior colonnade of large rectangular pillars and an alter for
offerings at the center , its structure is similar to that of the valley temple of Khafre , which stands alongside it .
3- This temple may have been used for ceremonies on Occassion of the Jubilee of the pharaoh or it might actually have been dedicated to the great sphinx .
4- Unfortunately , in the temple itself there is no trace of decorative detail and no texts have yet provided us with any information about it .
5- The 24 pillars surrounding the large courtyard may have represented the 12 hours of day and the 12 hours of night .
There are many Theories about the destruction of the Sphinx’s nose ……
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