The Bizarre 'Ear Tablets' of the Great Sphinx of Egypt

When we think of stone stele of Ancient Egypt, we think of hieroglyphic writing, depictions of gods, kings, and sacred animals, so imagine finding a stele with a depiction of a giant ear?

It doesn’t seem like your average Ancient Egyptian artefact, but this isn’t actually a one off; it was found amongst dozens of ear stele, and amazingly, they were found around the Great Sphinx of Giza.

Whilst excavating in the 1930s, Dr Selim Hasan found numerous examples in and around the New Kingdom Sphinx Temple of Amenhotep II, and also the Sphinx monument itself.
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