The great sphinx at Giza, in egypt, has the head of a man and the body of a lion.
What is Great Sphinx?
- The Great Sphinx of Giza, in Cairo, is the world's most famous sculpture.
- It represents Ra-Horakhty, a manifestation of the mighty sun deity, with a lion's body and a human head, and is the incarnation of royal strength and the protector of the temple entrance.
- The Sphinx is the Old Kingdom's oldest and longest stone sculpture.
- It was known as "Horus of the Horizon" and "Horus of the Necropolis" during the eighteenth dynasty, the sun deity who rises above the horizon.
- The Great Sphinx's visage is said to be that of Chephren, the fourth-dynasty king who constructed the second-largest pyramid in the Giza triad. The pharaoh was portrayed as a strong god in the image of the Sphinx.
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