Actually Donald the Great Sphinx's name is Horemakhet according to 19th dynasty recordings.

And

More specifically to the Great Sphinx, however, Alan Gardiner suggested that the Egyptian phrase, shesep ankh Atum, meaning "Living Image of Atum", which was associated with sphinxes in later times, signified the pharaoh in the form of the primeval sun and creator god. The word Shesep ankh used for statue, perhaps of a particular kind, is known from the Old Kingdom. Fischer suggested that it derives from shesep, which means "to receive". Fischer goes on to say that such a statue is "one who receives offerings and other ministrations".

From here:
[www.touregypt.net]

Kat

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How pseudoarchaeology misrepresents the past and misleads the public
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2006 07:48PM by Katherine Reece.