The document discusses the Sphinx, a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Specifically, it describes the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt, which dates back to ancient Egyptian civilization. It is one of the largest and oldest statues ever built, but it has suffered damage over time from erosion and weathering. The text also mentions a famous riddle posed by the Sphinx in myths to passing travelers.

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2. Table of Contents Table of contents The Sphinx Features of the Sphinx Egyptian Sphinx Missing Nose Riddle of the Sphinx

3. The Sphinx The Sphinx is a mythological figure, and is describe as a lion with a human head. Its origins came from the Old kingdom Egypt. Then it became a cultural import to Greek. On the side, that’s a picture of a sphinx.

4. Features of the Sphinx Sphinx is one of the best known structures built by the Egyptians. It is 73.5 meters (241 feet) long, 6 m (40 ft) wide, 20 m (65 ft) high. One of the worlds largest and older statues. Known for the earliest monumental sculptures.

5. The Egyptian Sphinx That picture on the side is the Great Sphinx Of Giza. It is carved from a bedrock for the Giza Plateau The structure is very damage because of erosion, because it has been buried over and over again by deserts storm. Recently in 1905 the sand has cleared away to see the beautiful Egyptian sphinx.

6. The missing nose One meter wide nose is missing on the face of the sphinx. Legend claim that is was broken of by a cannon by Napoleon's soldiers Another reason why it is missing because of 4500 years of wind.

7. The riddle of the sphinx In ancient Egypt. Who ever passed the sphinx and the sphinx would speak and say a riddle if the person got it wrong the person would be eaten if the they got it right the sphinx would let the person pass. The riddle of the sphinx is. What goes on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the noon, and 3 legs in the evening. They answer would be a man. The solution to this riddle is a man, who crawls on all legs and arms as a baby, walks on two legs as a adult, and walks with two legs a cane as old man.

8. More about the sphinx The most common and current theory, that who built the Great sphinx of Giza is the 4 th dynasty king Khafre. And said to be him on the Sphinx

9. More facts The Sphinx has been badly beaten in a lot of places. Some traces of plait are near the left of the ear.