The Sphinx owes it's name to the ancient Greeks, for who it resembled a mythical winged monster with a woman's head and lion's body, killing anyone who was unable to answer it's riddles... (Now a days that job it strictly reserved to the local camel owners and hasslers.)
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Very original shot of the Sphinx... To the left the smaller pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus) and right again the Khafre pyramid.
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Burried on and off uptill it's neck in sand for 4500 years, the Sphinx was finally cleared again to reveal a lion's body in 1926.
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Hieroglyphs locked and hidden away somewhere on the pyramid site to prevent tourist from discovering too much.
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A closer look into the lower chamber of the tomb.
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"Very big, very old" (Camel owner, 1999 - quote from the Lonely Planet) This one hasn't any top layer left.
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(Chephren pyramid) Personally, I prefer this pyramid over the Khufu one, although is a bit smaller (only 60cm or so). The white area on the top used to be part the smooth top layer, which covered the whole pyramid ones.
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UFO landing on top of the pyramid.
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Note the hole in the front: the entrance.
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Approaching the pyramid site. Left the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), to the right the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren).
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