全世界最性感的景點—人面獅身像
為什麼呢？因為每個來到他面前的旅客都會想跟她留下接吻照紀念哈哈哈
人面獅身像(Sphinx，所以又譯作斯芬克司)，坐落
由於時代久遠，許多法老都曾經維修過它，其中包括圖特摩
傳說當年建造金字塔時這裡是採石場，採石工們把上等堅硬
原來的獅身人面像頭戴皇冠，額套聖蛇浮雕，下額留長鬚，
獅身人面像的兩爪中有一塊黑耀石的石碑，又稱之爲「夢境
獅身人面像整個身軀準確的面向正東方，在吉薩高原上，從
一般我們都會以為埃及就只有這尊人面獅身像，其實全埃及
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在希臘化時代，希臘人稱 Sphinx為一個傳聞中會出謎語給路過的人猜謎的怪物
Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The Sphinx is also traditionally connected with Khafra.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC).
It is generally thought that quarrying around the original knoll revealed rock that was too poor in quality for construction. Therefore, some visionary individual conceived of the plan to turn what was left of the knoll into the Sphinx. And also the Egyptians built sphinx statues to guard important areas such as tombs and temples. The body of a lion with the head of a king or god, the sphinx has come to symbolize strength and wisdom.
The head and face of the Sphinx certainly reflect a style that belongs to Egypt's Old Kingdom. The headdress (known as the 'nemes' head-cloth), with its fold over the top of the head and its triangular planes behind the ears, the presence of the royal ' uraeus ' cobra on the brow, the treatment of the eyes and lips all evidence that the Sphinx was carved during this period.
And some scholars believe that the Great Sphinx was originally bearded with the sort of formally plaited beard. Pieces of the Sphinx's massive beard found by excavation adorn the British Museum in London and the Cairo Museum.
Dream Stele (or Sphinx Stele) records that the son of Amenhotep II, Prince Tuthmosis, apparently fell asleep by the Sphinx who prophesised in his dream that he would become pharaoh if he cleared the sand that had engulfed it. He did indeed effect repairs to the Sphinx and went on to become Thuthmosis IV of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Most people will think that there is only one Sphinx in Egypt, actually there are two more places you can find sphinx in Egypt. One of them is in Memphis Museum, and another is in front of Luxor Temple, there is a row of sphinx way to the Karnak Temple.
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The name "Sphinx" in fact relates to a Greek mythological beast with the body of a lion, the head of a woman and the wings of an eagle. The Greek name derived from the verb "to strangle" as the Greek sphinx strangled anyone who failed to answer her riddle. This is a story from Greek mythology and although in the legend the sphinx was said to sit outside Thebes it is generally held that it was Thebes in Greece and a completely different sphinx that were referred to. Nevertheless the tale is still told to many tourists who visit Giza!
The Riddle of the Sphinx
If someone walks by the sphinx, it would ask him or her a riddle, if the person answered the riddle correctly, they would be allowed to pass, if the person didn't answer correctly, the sphinx would eat them.
One of the riddle is:
"What has one voice, and yet goes from four legs, to two legs, to three legs?"
The answer is a man (he uses four legs when he is a baby crawling on his hands and knees, two legs as an adult walking, and three legs when he is old and uses a cane).
如果拍膩了親親照，也可以試試看這種打情罵俏照喲哈哈
