Assertion: sphinx | /r/HasProperty | sculpted
Facets:
value: close to this time
type: TEMPORAL
value: then again
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Then again, the Sphinx may have been sculpted to look its best when seen from fairly close by and more or less from the front.
text: But, if the Regulus star date was intended to indicate the time that the Sphinx was sculpted, this gives us an even more precise date for the Sphinx's origin.
text: As explained below, it makes sense that the Sphinx was sculpted close to this time, given the favorable climatic conditions that would then have prevailed.
text: It is considered an astronomical monument, geological findings indicate that the Sphinx may have been sculpted sometime before 10,000 BC, a period that coincides with the Age of Leo, or the Lion, which lasted from 10,970 to 8810 BC.
text: The geological findings discussed above indicate that the Sphinx seems to have been sculpted sometime before 10,000 BC, and this period coincides with the Age of Leo the Lion, which lasted from 10,970 to 8810 BC.
text: The Sphinx was likely carved out of the bedrock with stone hammers and copper chisels, and as it was being sculpted, a large defect was found in the rock near its hindquarters.