Standing at the base of the sacred causeway that once linked the pyramids to the Nileisthe Sphinx, the enigmatic depiction of Khephren with his head attached to a lion's body.
Khephren had his head attached to a lion's body because that is what he requested.
mnli hypothesis: Khephren had his head attached to a lion's body because that is what he requested. premise: Standing at the base of the sacred causeway that once linked the pyramids to the Nileisthe Sphinx, the enigmatic depiction of Khephren with his head attached to a lion's body.