[wildbill]

I prefer the lion theory because the back of the statue looks more like a lion that the traditional representation of Anubis. One of the theorists also notes that the statue, if it was actually done many thousands of years before the pharaohs built the pyradmids, would have been looking at the Sun during the day and the stars in Leo at night.

Either one is more likely than a small head pharaoh imho.

[Flick Lives]

One of the theorists also notes that the statue, if it was actually done many thousands of years before the pharaohs built the pyradmids, would have been looking at the Sun during the day and the stars in Leo at night.

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Interesting. Those old Egyptians were tuned into a lot of natural phenomenon, so orienting the statue of a lion to look at the constellation of Leo makes sense.

[PIF]

I prefer the lion theory because the back of the statue looks more like a lion

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Lion backs arch steeply toward the head and lions have deep broad chests, neither of which correspond to the Sphinx's flat back and narrow chest. Both the flat back and narrow chest are canine characteristics.

4th Dynasty lion

Anubis as an Egyptian Jackal. A statue of Anubis found in the so-called treasury of the tomb of Tutankhamun

Sphinx in 3/4 side view