Sphinx in the desert of Egypt from Cairo about 8 miles away, is the ancients used to guard the three great pyramids of Gizah. It is a monster carved in stone, his head with lion claw feet spread out ahead. Image carved head was sketchy, but a meticulously carved. Eyes full of mystery and no one can look explain. Sphinx eyes staring out toward the desert to the channel seem confusing procession. 18 meters tall and stretching more than 57 meters, width 5 meters can present, at 1.57 meters, 1,7met nose.
It is believed that the Sphinx has existed for at least 5,000 years! Why design this phenomenon? The evidence that we have found comes from a small pagoda amidst this monster's legs. This small temple writings of two ancient Egyptian kings. The two explained that the Sphinx represents one of the shape of the sun god Harmachis. And two said that the purpose is to scare away Sphinx all that violence and evil, sin from the cemetery around the pyramid.
In Egypt there are many Sphinx, Sphinx large outside Gizah. Earlier denote objects emperors. In the sacred books of the Egyptians, Sphinx means "royal".
For primitive religions in Egypt and elsewhere, the king is considered the strength and the wisdom of many animals by wearing their guise. So the Egyptians were touching the gods and their emperors half human, half animal.
The concept of the Egyptian Sphinx was transmitted to other civilizations, such as Assyrians and Greeks. In these areas, there is often more wings Sphinx. In Assyrian Sphinx usually men, but in the back with the first Greek woman Sphinx.
The Greeks have a legend of the Sphinx story as follows: Sphinx lived on a rock and kill anyone who goes through without paying Answer the following riddle: "what is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, to go with three legs at night?". Ocdipus replied that it is people, crawling on all four limbs as a child, walking upright on two legs as adults and go with the old bat.
That's the right answer, so the Sphinx furious from the rock crashed down and killed. other sources said that the Sphinx is a student of wise goddess! Goddess once said, if there's none to be the Sphinx, the Sphinx will die!
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