Sphinx At Giza, The Great
- Sphinx At Giza, The Great
This giant carving of a lions body with a mans head stands 20 meters (66 feet) high, and 73 meters (240 feet) long. It was originally thought to have been created by the Egyptians to honor the Pharaoh Khafre (Chephren in Greek), but new evidence puts this in dispute. The head is proportionally smaller than the body, and may have been recarved several times, and computer reconstruction of the face doesn't match that of the Pharaoh Khafre. Geologists believe that erosion from water over the eons shows that the Sphinx may be thousands of years older than originally believed. Archaeologists do not support this theory, however. Geologically, it appears that the Sphinx was carved at least 2,000 years before the Egyptian pharaohs existed, about 5,000 BC or earlier, by an advanced civilization. A civilization that was not supposed to exist that early in time, according to scientists. Seismic monitors have discovered several cavities in the bedrock under the Sphinx. Scientists will enter these cavities soon to see if they are natural or man made. If man made, what might we find there?
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