Myths featuring Thutmose IV

While a young prince, Thutmose IV fell asleep in the shade of the buried Great Sphinx after a long hunt. The sun god Horemakhet appeared to him in a dream, promising him the throne of Egypt if he would clear away the suffocating desert sands. Thutmose fulfilled the task, became Pharaoh, and commemorated the divine bargain by erecting the Dream Stele between the monument's paws.

While hunting in the desert near the pyramids, Prince Thutmose falls asleep in the shadow of the Great Sphinx, which was then buried in sand. The Sphinx, appearing as the god Harmachis, speaks to him in a dream and promises to give him the throne of Egypt if he clears the encroaching sands. Thutmose fulfills the promise, clears the monument, and eventually becomes Pharaoh Thutmose IV,...