Trivias

2. • The purpose of the Sphinx is not
known.
Orthodox archaeologists:
"A memorial to a Pharaoh or that it functioned as
some sort of talisman or guardian deity..."
Scholars:
"Sphinx functioned as an astronomical
observation device..."

3. • Restoration of the Sphinx
1. Sphinx continues to deteriorate because of the
relentless wind, humidity and the ever-increasing
smog from nearby Cairo.
2. 1980: More than 2000 limestone blocks were
added to the body of the Sphinx and various
chemicals were injected in the hopes of preventing
its further deterioration.

4. 3. 1988: The left shoulder crumbled
and blocks fell off.
4. Present attempts at restoration
are under the control of the
Supreme Council of Antiquities'
archaeologists.

5. • Identity
1. Guardian of the Tombs
It is made of limestone.
The body and head were cut from a single
limestone rock, present at the site, paws were
added on after.
With the head of a human and a lion's body, it
has guarded the site of the pyramids for
almost 4,500 years.

6. • Named: Sphinx, after a creature in Greek
mythology that had a woman's head and
lion's body.
• It is supposed to be both intelligent and
strong.
• The Egyptians call him Abu El Hol.

7. • Name game:
The Sphinx is an alias, created by the
ancient Greeks when the statue was
already centuries old.
The early name was Hor-em-akhet,
meaning “Horus in the horizon.”
• Horus is the Egyptian god of the sky.

8. • Test of time:
Out of the seven wonders of the ancient
world, only the Giza Pyramids and the
Sphinx are still standing.

9. • Color me mysterious:
The Sphinx was originally painted in garish
comic-book colors like red.
Traces of the pigment can
be seen by its ear.

10. • Copycat:
In Las Vegas, the Egyptian-themed Luxor
Hotel‘s foam and plaster version is 35 feet
taller than the original Sphinx, which rises 66
feet.

11. • Close shave:
The Sphinx originally sported a beard, which
eventually crumbled.
A piece of its “stubble” is displayed in the
British Museum in London.

12. • Secrets and lies:
Legend says the library of the sunken island
of Atlantis is stowed beneath the Sphinx,
with an entrance near its right paw. Nothing
has been found, according to bemused
archaeologists.

13. • Nose job:
Contrary to popular history, Napoleon’s
cannonballs did not shoot off the Sphinx’s
nose. The evidence suggests the nose was
intentionally cleaved off at least 300 years
before the Little Corporal invaded Egypt in
1798.

15. • Mystery
Schwaller de Lubicz: Have confirmed, that
the extreme erosion on the body of the
Sphinx could not be the result of wind and
sand but rather was the result of water.
Geologists: Egypt was subjected to severe
flooding.
Wind erosion cannot take place when the
body of the Sphinx is covered by sand.
(Sphinx has been in this condition for nearly
all of the last five thousand year - since the
alleged time of its 4th Dynasty construction.)

16. • Edgar Cayce
"Sleeping prophet"- ability to put himself into
a deep trance.
Egypt was the repository for records of the
alleged civilization of Atlantis.
Underground library: Hall of Records
Claims: Sphinx points in the direction of the
"Hall of Records."
"There is a chamber or passage from the right
forepaw of the [Sphinx] to this entrance of the
Hall of records, or chamber."