The Great Sphinx

Egyptian peasants were making offerings to the sphinx in hope of increasing their harvest , and their leader Sa'im al- Dahr heard about their offerings and was so outraged that he destroyed the nose and was hanged for vandalism.

The Great Sphinx is located in Giza, Egypt, land of the pyramids.

It wasn't discovered, it was thought to have been made around 2500BC but in 1991 a scientist (Robert Schoch) found mysterious water erosions. A few belivers began to question it, the sphinx's carving date must have to be pushed back much further in time.

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It depends on the species. There are hundreds of types of sphinx moth caterpillars in the US alone, from tomato hornworms to Virginia creeper sphinx to azalea sphinx. A lot of them have their food plant in their name (ash sphinx, fig sphinx, hydrangea sphinx, walnut sphinx, wild cherry sphinx, beadstraw hawkmoth, elm sphinx, big poplar sphinx, etc.) but some can be misleading: the laurel sphinx doesn't like laurel, the sequoia sphinx won't eat sequoia, and the great ash sphinx will eat a wide variety of leaves in addition to ash. You should try to identify the caterpillar to species first, and then look up what that species eats. Bugguide and Moth Photographers Group have photos of almost every North American species (except tropical ones from Mexico), so that is a good place to start.

The Sphinx.

No The Great Sphinx was never moved and was probably carved in situ. The excess material was carried away.

well there's alot of pyramids but the first pyramid ever made, that was earlier

The Great Sphinx sits in front of Khafra's pyramid. It is in Giza, which is located in Egypt. It was built to seem as if it was guarding this pyramid.

the sphinx wasnt a tomb, i guess you could it was for decoration.

The sphinx's body represents a lion and has a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human.
The sphinx's body represents a lion and has a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human.

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No one knows - The word "sphinx", which means 'strangler', was first given by the Greeks to a fabulous creature which had the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. In Egypt, there are numerous sphinxes, usually with the head of a king wearing his headdress and the body of a lion. See the link below.

The oldest sphinx is in giza,egypt.

A sphinx is a mythical creature from Egypt with the body of a lion and the head of a human. It is also a type of cat without fur.
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 [single stone] statue in the world - it is approximately 250 feet long, 20 feet wide and 65 feet high.

The relative location in the Sphinx in Giza, Egypt is it is north of Africa

Egyptian pyramids are amongst the oldest stone buildings in the world. They were built nearly five thousand years ago. These ancient tombs are also among the world's largest structures. The biggest is taller than a 40-story building and covers the area occupied by Lincoln's Inn (about 13 acres; 5.3 hectares). Men built these huge structures without the help of equipment such as cranes and bulldozers. The ancient Egyptians used tools of copper, a softer metal than steel. Wooden wedges to help prise the stone from the quarry face and levers to help put the stones in place were also used in building the pyramids. Building a pyramid was dirty, difficult and dangerous work. It required meticulous planning and organization.

Two varieties of stone were used, limestone and granite. The limestone which made up the bulk of the pyramid was quarried locally. The granite had to be brought from the quarries at Aswan to where the pyramid was being built. They were transported on the Nile River in massive reed boats. The average weight of one of the pyramid's stone block is two and half tons. Some of the Aswan blocks, however, weighed up to 70 tons. To complete the Great Pyramid at Giza, one stone block was quarried, shaped and placed in position every two minutes for 20 years. It was this hard monotonous work that was done by slaves. This was an era of slave labour and none were more expert in directing their slaves than the ancient Egyptians. The slaves were naked too low in status to be given clothes.

In the minds of the Ancient Egyptians the pyramid form served a very serious purpose. Ancient Egyptians had a strong belief in life after death. The pharaohs wanted their bodies to last forever, so they had pyramids built to protect their bodies after death. Each pyramid housed a pharaoh's preserved body. It also held the goods he would need in his next life to continue living as he had when he was alive. Granite doors, false passages and fake burial chambers were built in an attempt to confuse and stop robbers from robbing the pyramids. In spite of these precautions, all pyramids were robbed of their treasures by around 1000 B.C.

Building plans showing how the pyramid was built have never been found, experts use present knowledge about construction to make some intelligent guesses. The Ancient Egyptians were an ingenious people. You cannot help to be impressed by the fearlessness the ancient builders exhibited in taking on such a colossal project.

The limestone blocks were cut out in the quarries close the pyramid site. Most of these blocks were roughly cut to size. Only where precision was needed were they dressed and trimmed by skilled masons to exacting standards. Once the limestone blocks quarried they were hauled on sledges along a causeway by gangs of slaves. Water was poured around the sledges to help them slide.

A spiralling ramp of mud, brick and rubble was used to haul the blocks to the level where building was going on. Once at the working level the blocks were man-handled off the sledges into position by levers and brute force by further gangs of slaves called setters. Once relieved of their load the hauliers would then make their weary way back down the ramp to start the whole process again.

A canal connected the pyramid site with the Nile. Here granite brought down from Aswan and fine limestone from Tura was unloaded. These were special stones that involved a lot of preparation in their quarrying, dressing and transportation. A vast amount of labour: of quarrymen, masons and of course thousands of slaves.

As with most facts about the sphinx, this is not known, but it would have been many thousands.

it was called the sun god and it made sure that the sun would stay out for there plants. it was also made to protect the piramids

There is no evidence that anyone did live inside the Sphinx, and no proof there is an inside where anyone could live.

The pyramids of Giza were built as a housing for the remains of wealthy and powerful Egyptians of that historical period. Egyptian funeral practices were wildly extravagant.

Steve Martin composed and performed a very lovely song on this topic, called "King Tut".

it was made for people who stupid :D:D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;

It was blue, yellow and had other colours but the colours were worn off the sphinx later on.

The Sphinx in Egypt is one of the most recognizable sites in the world. If you were to attempt to pick it up you should know it weighs around 16 thousand tons.