How often is the Great Sphinx referred to by ancient Egyptians ?
" In 1904 , English Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge wrote in " The Gods of the Egyptians " : " This marvelous object Great Sphinx was in existence in the days of Khafre , or Khephren , and it is probable that it is a very great deal older than his reign and that it dates from the end of the archaic period 2686 BC . "