The Definitive Guide to Persian
What names their builders gave to these statues is not known. At the Great Sphinx site, a 1400 BC inscription over a stele belonging to the 18th dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV lists the names of three areas of the community sun deity of that period, Khepera–Rê–Atum. Many pharaohs had their heads carved atop the guardian statues for their tombs to