Case file · Folklore / legend
Thutmose IV's dream at the Sphinx
A granite stele between the paws of the Sphinx records that Prince Thutmose fell asleep in its shade, and the god spoke to him in a dream, promising him the throne if he cleared away the sand.
1,401 BCE · 29.98, 31.14 · status: account
The sceptical view
Many Egyptologists see it as royal propaganda legitimising a king who wasn't the expected heir.