The claim, which has been heavily refuted, comes courtesy of a prominent Egyptian tourism official.
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has dismissed the idea that the Sphinx was carved from a stationary rock.
Construction workers have unearthed what is thought to be a second Sphinx near the Valley of the Kings.
Archaeologists discovered the artifact in Santa Barbara County, however all is not quite as it seems.
Archaeologists have uncovered a number of artefacts during excavations of the enigmatic burial site.
The remains of an ancient Egyptian King's unique sphinx statue has been unearthed in northern Israel.
Sections of mudbrick wall that would have protected the Sphinx from desert winds have been uncovered.