▁ ▁Great ▁S ph inx ▁of ▁G iza ▁The ▁identity ▁of ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁the ▁Great ▁S ph inx ▁of ▁G iza ▁is ▁unknown . ▁Most ▁Egypt olog ists ▁and ▁sch ol ars ▁currently ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁S ph inx ▁represents ▁the ▁li ken ess ▁of ▁the ▁Ph ara oh ▁Kh af ra , ▁although ▁a ▁few ▁Egypt olog ists ▁and ▁interested ▁am ateurs ▁have ▁proposed ▁several ▁different ▁hypoth eses . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁Af ro cent ric ▁sch ol ars , ▁such ▁as ▁Du ▁Bo is , ▁Di op , ▁and ▁As ante ▁have ▁character ized ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁S ph inx ▁as ▁Black , ▁or ▁" N eg roid ". ▁Another ▁early ▁description ▁of ▁a ▁" N eg roid " ▁S ph inx ▁is ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁travel ▁notes ▁of ▁a ▁French ▁scholar , ▁who ▁visited ▁in ▁Egypt ▁between ▁ 1 7 8 3 ▁and ▁ 1 7 8 5 , ▁Vol ney ▁along ▁with ▁French ▁novel ist ▁Gust ave ▁F la ub ert . ▁ ▁American ▁ge ologist ▁Robert ▁M . ▁Sch och ▁has ▁written ▁that ▁the ▁" S ph inx ▁has ▁a ▁distinct ive ▁African , ▁N ub ian , ▁or ▁Neg roid ▁aspect ▁which ▁is ▁lack ing ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁Kh af re ". ▁ ▁K emet ▁ ▁An cient ▁Egypt ians ▁referred ▁to ▁their ▁hom eland ▁as ▁K mt ▁( con vention ally ▁pron ounced ▁as ▁K emet ). ▁According ▁to ▁Che ikh ▁An ta ▁Di op , ▁the ▁Egypt ians