Essay On The Sphinx

The film describes the sphinx in great details, beginning with the size and location, of the brightly colored lion with the human head. It mass is unequaled by any other Sphinx spanning nearly 240 feet long and 70 feet tall. What makes the Great Sphinx so unique is the fact that it is the only Sphinx known to have the body of a Lion and a human head, all other Sphinx have the body of a human with the head of a lion. It is thought to symbolize the strength and power of a Lion combined with the intelligence of Man. This giant monument located at Giza near Cairo once overlooked the great pyramids in its day; today it overlooks the ever growing fast food restaurants, evidence of the urban sprawl near Cairo which continues to encroach what had
Two teams of scientists spent years trying to unravel the secrets of the Sphinx. Mark Langer an Egyptologist, started with little more than simple drawings, and spent five years mapping the entire Sphinx in an effort to solve the riddle of the Sphinx. He believes the massive sculpture was not formed piece by piece, but carved out of a giant rock within the surrounding landscape, after he was able to match the limestone from the sides of the Sphinx with the limestone of the ditch that surrounds the Sphinx. The stone removed from the ditch area was relocated to the area known as the Temple in the front of the front feet of the Sphinx. Langer continues to explain the block formations are likely the result of other Greeks, Egyptians and Romans attempting to prevent the erosion over the years from destroying the massive sculpture. It was also noted that the nose of the Sphinx is missing, but no facts are available to explain how or when it was removed. Zahi Hawass has identified blocks from multiple periods leading to the conclusion that the Sphinx has been covered in blocks for thousands of years in an effort to preserve the