More modern theories say that the sphinx appears constructed more in the style of pharaoh khufu, who was khafre's father. Khafre's causeway, in particular, appears to have been built with an existing … Ancient egyptian architecture, the architectural monuments produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia bce in the nile valley regions of egypt and nubia.

Egyptian geologist farouk el-baz has suggested the head of the sphinx may have been carved first, out of a natural yardang: A ridge of bedrock sculpted by the wind. These can sometimes achieve shapes …