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Show Ilic tpliinx and (lie Andro'pliinx. The great sphinx of GUth. J-W'P' is one of tlie most remarkable of ths many coloal sculptured "5", which tlie highly rulturc.1 tgyp- tUnsof WM 1!. C. left to mark thur memory. . , ,. Tlie word -phlnx'' if from the Greek and ignlt"i strangler. The sphinxes are always hewn from solid rock and are of all slien. siroe being so small as to Le carrlrd by one mu with jwrfrct a--e, while others are of gigautiL- proirUon. the great i-phiux above mentionid belug ITS feet long and o'J feet hl-h, having the Iieai of a nun aud the body of a lion. In the sandy dc-ert of northern Africa sphinxes of all kinds ore toaiid some with men's heads birds' wings and animals' iodic-; olhe.-s w ith haw ks' or eaghs' head, lion or tlgtr bodies and human arms and hand. A Fpliinx with a man's head i-callsl nn amlros hinx: with a ram's head It is railed a cri-iJunx; one with a hawk's head s know n to the Egyptologist as an hicraco! hinx. Kaind UbleU found burkluear the great f phlnx go a Ion" way towards tuUtautiatlug Uie iH-Iirf that the sphinx was formerly worshlissl. lte-idesiul'gyptand the northern African states and Arabia, the si hinx has been found in llaby-louia, llaby-louia, As-j ria and in rim-aitli. St. Ijmh i:rubhc. |
