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In mythology, a sphinx is a lion with a human head. The head can be of both a male and a female. A criosphinx is a lion with a ram's head. A hierocosphinx is a lion with a bird's head.
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What three pieces of information would help describe the location of the great pyramid and the sphinx?
The Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid stand on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile near Cairo, in Egypt.
Is what has four legs in the morning two at noon and three in the evening in the Bible?
No it is not. The above riddle is the Riddle of the Sphinx. In Greek Mythology a sphinx would sit and ask every traveler that passed this riddle. If they could answer it the sphinx would destroy itself, but if they got it wrong, the sphinx would kill them.
What does the stele describe on the great sphinx?
The stele that is between the paws records a dream Tuthmosis IV had when he was a prince. He dreamt that he stopped to rest in the shadow of the Sphinx during a hunting expedition in the desert. While asleep, the Sphinx spoke to him, saying that he would become king if he cleared away the sand that all but buried the Sphinx. When he became king, Tuthmosis IV cleared the sand and erected a stele that tells the story of his dream. After the work was completed, a chapel was built next to the Sphinx to venerate this sun god.
How wide is sphinx?
The Sphinx would be probably 73.5 meters (241 ft) long.
What is the biggest freat to the sphinx?
I think you ment threat to the Sphinx. Well in my opinion it would be pollution, and time.
What colours were painted on the great sphinx?
The head of the sphinx is believed to be that of the Pharaoh Khafre and there seem to be traces of paint on the headress. If the sphinx was painted, it would have been in the traditional blue and gold.
What are the aesthetics of the great sphinx?
There as usual would be purely subjective.
Who solved the Sphinx's riddle in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus solved the Sphinx's riddle in the play Oedipus Rex ("Oedipus the King"). He alone understood that a people-killing Sphinx would pose an apparently unanswerable riddle about people.
Where in Egypt would you find the Sphinx?
The Sphinx is located on the Giza plateau outside Cairo in Egypt. Click the related link for google map images.
What creature would die between sphinx of the steel wind vs nyxathid plus colossal might when nyxathid is a 6 6 before enchantment?
The Sphinx would die as it does not have protection from black
The famous statues of a half-lion in Egypt are called?
the answer is Sphinx
Could you see the great sphinx from the sea?
This would be highly unlikely.
