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Whatever else it might be, the Great Sphinx is certainly not the keeper of long lost knowledge, or ancient technologies, as has been popularly reported over the years. There are surely no hidden chambers holding the secrets of Atlantis between its paws, or elsewhere.
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www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sphinx4.htm
www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sphinx4.htm
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Great Sphinx of Giza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile, near modern-day Cairo, in Egypt. It is the largest monolith s...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza
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Great Sphinx in Situ ... The Egyptian sphinx is usually a head of a king wearing his headdress and the body of a lion . There are, however, sphinxes with ram heads that are associated with the god Amun. The Great Sphinx is to the northeast of Chephren's Valley Temple.
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interoz.com/egypt/sphinx.htm
interoz.com/egypt/sphinx.htm
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Sphinx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A sphinx (Arabic: أبو الهول ) is a zoomorphic mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx
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A German Egyptologist has even suggested that the Sphinx was built by the father of Khafre, King Khufu, who was also the builder of the Great Pyramid.
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www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/
www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/
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The most enigmatic of sculptures, the Sphinx was carved from a single block of limestone left over in the quarry used to build the Pyramids. Scholars believe it was sculpted about 4,600 years ago by the pharaoh Khafre, whose Pyramid rises directly behind it and whose face may be that represented on the Sphinx.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/sphinx.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/sphinx.html
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The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural limestone of Giza, the sphinx has disintegrated over the years, entire pieces dropping off to the desert floor below.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/sphinxstory.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/sphinxstory.html
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The Great Sphinx with the pyramid of Chephren (Khafre) in the background ... Unlike the Greek sphinx which was female, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as male. In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent in contrast to the malevolent Greek version and was thought of as a guardian often flanking...
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www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/giza/sphinx/sphinx.ht...
www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/giza/sphinx/sphinx.html
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