Usually for tourism.
Sphinx - documentation generator - was created on 2008-03-21.
Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia can be destroyed with Pyramid of Light and used to summon Theinen the Great Sphinx.
Typhoeus was the father of the Sphinx, this being the son of Gaia, who is the grandmother of Zeus - being the mother of his parents Rhea and Cronus.
The Sphinx was built as a tribute to the God Ra, which was Venus on fire.
Sphinx is a fictitious being in the ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. It had a lion's body and a human head. In the Greek tradition Sphinx had a woman's head and breast.
The Egyptians
Hopefully not in the foreseeable future, especially as there is conservation work being done on the Great Sphinx.
The sphinx was carved out of solid limestone. No bricks were used.
Tourism.
Pig, rat, Cow, sheep and a domestic housecat. There was never a Lion used for the sphinx, And the sphinx was Recently made to create an interesting story for scientists to tell and to get them busy.
The cast of Riddles of the Sphinx - 2008 includes: Caity Babcock as Girl with note Donovan Cerminara as Cpl. Evans Dario Delacio as Sphinx Mackenzie Gray as Ryder Dina Meyer as Jessica Lochlyn Munro as Robert Donnelly Rhodes as Thomas Emily Tennant as Karen
It is now used for Tourisim. It was used to symbolise power.