Al-Marsad Newspaper: A great case of controversy arose in Egypt following news circulated regarding the discovery of a papyrus from the Seventh Dynasty by former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass that the Sphinx was an Emirati married to Queen Hatshepsut.
For his part, Dr. Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities, said that everything that was circulated is completely false, and the fact that the Sphinx married Queen Hatshepsut is a “fake” from rumor mongers.
Hawass pointed out, “We are now searching for the tomb of the architect Imhotep in Saqqara, who built the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first person in the history of making a roof and materials from stone, and was known as the god of medicine. King Amenhotep III.