Information about the sphinx

Close-up of the sphinx

This is an eternal mystery. Don't carve something with the image of your face to protect your open grave, won't you be laughed at? This obviously reduced the value of Pharaoh. In ancient mythology, the Sphinx was a monster born of a giant and a snake: a human head and a winged lion's body, named the Sphinx. The sphinx is inherently cruel. He learned many riddles from the muse, the goddess of wisdom, and often stayed at the crossroads. If every pedestrian wants to pass, he must guess riddles, and if he guesses wrong, he will eat them all. There are countless victims. Once, a king's son was eaten by the Sphinx. The king was furious and offered a reward: "Whoever can subdue him will give him the throne!" " "A brave young man, Dipper, took revenge at the king's call. He walked and walked until he reached the intersection guarded by the Sphinx. " Young man, guess this riddle before you let it pass. "The Sphinx gave him the most difficult and difficult guess." It can make a sound, walking on four legs in the morning, walking on two legs at noon and walking on three legs at night. What is this? ""This is a person. "Smart dipper soon guessed. Dipper won, and he solved the mystery; But the Sphinx didn't give up and gave Dipper a riddle: "What grows first, then shortens, and finally grows?" Dipper guessed the mysterious "shadow". So the Sphinx showed its true colors and committed suicide to atone. It is said that the Sphinx was carved according to the shape of the Sphinx. In fact, the Sphinx is not unique to Cairo, Egypt. Only this one in Cairo is the largest and oldest. However, the sphinx (or cow's head, sheep's head, etc. ) carved everywhere is squatting. The difference is that one of them raised his paw.

The disappearance of the nose

The Sphinx has been born for thousands of years, and the color on its face has long since fallen off. The elaborately carved snake and drooping beard have long since disappeared. However, the most regrettable thing is, how did its nose fall? This is another mystery. A widely circulated saying is that when Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, he saw majesty, as if he were "demonstrating" to himself. In a rage, he ordered his men to blow off its nose with shells. However, this statement is not reliable, as early as before Napoleon, there have been records about it without a nose. There is also a saying that 500 years ago, the Sphinx was regarded as a "target" by the Mamluk soldiers of the Egyptian king (the guards of medieval Egypt). Maybe it has been "injured" and its nose has been "colored". However, according to some records, the pharaohs and subjects in Egypt regarded this stone statue as the "sun god", and worshippers kept coming. Later, the wind and sand slowly covered the front of the Sphinx.

Halfway through, an idol worshiper, with a pick, climbed up the sand dune and severely chiseled his nose on the sand surface, destroying its appearance. Strangely, visitors who come to "visit" the Sphinx can see a remaining dream monument between its two claws on the chest. An interesting story was recorded on the tablet computer. 3400 years ago, the young Prince Tomo came here to hunt. Maybe I was tired from running, so I sat on the beach to have a rest. I fell asleep before I knew it. I dreamt of a stone statue and said to him, "I am the great Rahul Umm Heihet (the god worshipped by ancient Egyptians, which means condor), and the sand is choking me. If I can clear the sand from my body. Then I will make you king of Egypt. " When the prince woke up, he mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources, dug the Sphinx out of the sand and built a sand wall beside it. In the long years, stone statues have tasted the "pain" buried in the sand many times. Perhaps because of this, Herodotus, a famous Greek historian, gave a detailed and vivid description of the pyramids when he visited Egypt in the fifth century BC, but did not mention the Sphinx at hand. Probably, it was completely covered by sand dunes by this time. Decades ago, people dug it out of the sand for the last time and saw the sunshine.

The mystery of human face

Let's see which Pharaoh its face depicts. Because we know the sphinx in ancient Greece, it is a statue of a woman, and the sphinx has a profile.

Except that it is a statue of a woman, it is hard to say what it has to do with any special person. But this ancient Egyptian sphinx, this statue is different. The scarf he wears is a very typical scarf worn by ancient Egyptian pharaohs. This model is typical, with snake marks on the head. Why traces? Because its original snake is gone, it has experienced so many years of wind and rain and man-made destruction, but we can see that there is a sculpture in this place. This thing must be a snake, and this snake is not everyone's right to wear it on his turban, just in front of it, which is a symbol of Pharaoh.

Inference guess

So people have come up with such a reasoning, that is to say, if we can identify which specific Pharaoh's face was used to carve this statue and the Sphinx, then we can roughly know the year of birth and death of this Pharaoh. Then we can know who it belongs to and when it was built. So we see that these are statues of two pharaohs, not one pharaoh, but two pharaohs. On the left is Khufu's son Hafre, that is to say, this sphinx and the pyramid behind it are also the owners of the second highest pyramid in Egypt. He is Havre; The man on the right is Zander Frey, who is also the son of Khufri. He's Haffley's brother. He also ruled Egypt and was a Pharaoh. But after Khufu died, he succeeded Khufu as the ruler of Egypt, but his time was short. Three or four years later, he died. Not only dead, but also what's interesting? It is said that during the ancient kingdom, Pharaoh used to build his own pyramids in Giza, and they were all built in Giza, so Giza became synonymous with pyramids. However, instead of building his own pyramids in Giza, he built them in Ablava, north of Giza. The pyramids in this place are built very small. Why is this happening? Let's not talk about it, but in any case, he doesn't have his own tomb or pyramid building in Giza. He is also short-lived. Why? We can speculate, but in any case, he died three or four years later. His younger brother Havell began to take his place. As the ruler of the fourth dynasty in ancient Egypt, he continued to rule Egypt and built a huge pyramid. Then there was such a sphinx in front of the pyramid. Who does this sphinx look like? We can turn it back and look at this sphinx. It might be better if the nose existed, but we can still see the mouth more or less clearly. What is the final conclusion of ordinary scholars after repeated comparisons and even some computer measurements? Although it is in front of the pyramid of Harvard, it is generally considered to be the building of Harvard Ruijin Tower, but people think it is more like his brother Zandre in appearance. That's why people have such an idea, so who built this pyramid? Did Harvard or his brother build it? If his brother built it, did his brother die mysteriously in the process of building it? If he died mysteriously, who inherited him? Who is making a profit? It's huff. After making a profit, Havel not only stole one of his brother's thrones, but also took his brother's pyramid as his own and built such a brilliant pyramid that attracted the attention of future generations. It's possible, but whether it's his brother's or his brother's, whether it's Jane Drey's or Harvard's, it's even suggested that it might be built by their father Khufu. But no matter who built it, their age is generally determined, that is, around 2500 BC and 4500 years ago.

The mystery of architecture

It is generally believed that the Sphinx in ancient Egypt was used to guard the Pharaoh's graveyard. It is a combination of wisdom and courage, but some people have different understandings. This man is the great American prophet edgar cayce, who predicted from 1933 that the Sphinx was not built by the ancient Egyptians.

Edgar cayce's research achievements.

When the Sphinx became more and more mysterious because people's opinions became more and more complicated, the great American prophet edgar cayce, who was famous for his accurate prediction, stood up and announced his research results: The Sphinx was not built by the ancient Egyptians, but the remains of early human civilization more than 10,000 years ago. When this view came out, it caused an uproar and invisibly added a halo to the statue. There is also a typical story about the construction time of the Sphinx. When John Anthony West, an American scholar, studied the Sphinx, he found that although it stands on the high cliff in the west of Giza Plain, it can be regarded as high above, but there is an indisputable phenomenon of flooding all over the body except the head. It seems that the Sphinx was once soaked in water. According to historical records, Egypt suffered from seawater and Nile floods many times, and the last flood occurred around 1 10,000 BC. It can be inferred that if the Sphinx was submerged, it must have been built before the flood. According to this statement, the Sphinx should have been built 1 10,000 years ago.

Construction reason

So people keep looking. In an ancient inscription, the inscription is an ancient Egyptian writing carved on a stone and embossed on a wall. Then people really found such an inscription in these words, which read, Horus on the ground is summer.

Seventy days ago, he began to walk this way from the east bank or the other side of the winding river, so seventy days later, he and another magical combination on the ground just appeared at the moment when the sun rose. So people began to analyze this inscription and began to look for its true meaning. So what does this Horus mean from shore to shore? People also began to walk according to the first 70 days of this summer solstice. From this shore to this shore, at best, it is near the pyramid, and there is nothing for them to understand the answer to this question. So people are very upset and wonder if we misunderstood. Later, a wise man really said, when we talk about the river winding on the ground from the horizon, we don't mean the river winding on the ground, nor does it mean the Nile on the ground. What river is it? There is also a river corresponding to us and the ground. What river is this? We all know that it is called the Milky Way now, and it is also winding. In the first seventy days of the summer solstice, people went to Giza to observe the eastern part of the Milky Way, and found that there really was a star and the sun, and a shining star and the sun appeared there. People began to observe the star and the sun, and the result of observation was that it really fell on the horizon after 70 days. Where did it land? As shown above. It really crossed the winding galaxy in the sky and came here. It was that point on the horizon that appeared 70 days later, and a constellation appeared in this place. What constellation? Leo. Horus and the constellation Leo are one, and now they are one. So people think that the ancient Egyptian inscription refers to this. Then we can know why the mysterious statue built in front of the pyramid is the body of a lion, not the body of a jackal, not the body of a baboon, not the body of other animals. He feels that the coupling between this thing and such an astronomical phenomenon coincides with their beliefs and their myths and legends.

preservation of cultural relics

From this, we can see that in this picture, there are two front paws on both sides, and the monument in the middle is the monument of Thutmose IV Station, which is now called the Dream Monument. What he carved, of course, was Egyptian hieroglyphics engraved with the Sphinx.

Yes We can see this clearly, so the main story here is how he slept here and had a dream. In this dream, how did the Sphinx promise him that if you clean it up for me, I promise you will be the next Pharaoh. No matter whether the dream is true or not, the dream monument exists, so the gravel and sand around the Sphinx began to be cleaned up bit by bit. After each cleaning, it is buried again several years later, and then cleaned again. Cleaning up should be said to be indispensable for future generations to see its complete image. However, repeated cleaning has also brought some unnecessary, not unnecessary, perhaps inevitable damage to the huge building. What damage? It is a kind of injury caused by natural wind and rain and upward transpiration of groundwater. Gradually, it lost a lot of things. Anyway, it's getting worse every day, and the more you repair it, the greater the damage. During World War II, a high wall was built under its chin to prevent its head from collapsing due to gunfire. In recent years, it has been found that the head, neck, back, chest and epidermis of the Sphinx are peeling off, and the body is obviously "thin". "The Sphinx is sick!" The news spread and shocked Egypt. Parliament held an emergency discussion, newspapers rushed to report, and experts from all over the world flocked to Egypt. People are worried that the huge head will suddenly break one day. So, where is its root? In the past, people paid attention to the prevention and treatment of diseases of the Sphinx, such as sticking limestone similar to the original stone on its surface to prevent it from falling off, but the effect was not good. In recent years, some people have infiltrated the neck of stone statues with barium hydroxide solution, and the barium hydroxide solution and calcium carbonate have undergone chemical changes to produce a solid substance. But many people don't agree, because the treated place still falls off. People are opposed to doing uncertain experiments on rare treasures. Looking for a comprehensive treatment plan is undoubtedly right from a strategic point of view, but it is easy to talk about! It is still an urgent problem to discuss which prescription is the most suitable for the right medicine.

The sphinx of death in the desert

Like a huge lion, with sharp claws, black wings on its back can cover the sun, but it is a beautiful woman on its head! This is the sphinx.

Yes, the Sphinx is the fear of desert travelers. As soon as it opens its mouth, it will blow out the wind of plague and make the contact seriously ill. With a wave of his wings, a desert storm will occur. However, the strangest thing is its eyes. It can't see anything at all, but no one can resist its gaze, because although it can't see anything in its eyes, it contains the mystery of the whole universe. When you stare at it, you can't move unless you can solve all its puzzles. Although not as good as Medusa's eyes, its claws are super powerful. When you fall into the eternal guessing game until it closes its eyes (unless it wants to, because it really likes people to guess, and it doesn't sleep! But if you gain its power, your wisdom will improve, because it is super smart. On an empty full moon night, draw a five-pointed star array with sand, insert a candlestick to light three candles at each point, and then prepare a contract, a mirror and a silver sword. The sacrifice must be a live vulture; In the middle of the array, draw three or six times with a silver sword, then cut off the bald eagle's head and pour blood on the contract to recite: the secret of the universe, the father of fear, flying in the desert on a full moon night. Your gaze is the gateway to all miracles. I will crush the seal of light with this blood. As for this, if it succeeds, it will appear in front of you, but it will close its eyes and you can look at it. It will ask you a riddle every time. But if you answer wrong, it will open its eyes and be ready to stare at you. At this time, it will block its eyes with a mirror and ask it, "I'll give you a riddle. Tell me, which comes first, heaven and earth?" Which came first, the egg or the chicken? Is there light or darkness first? "Everyone knows that this is an unanswerable question, so! If it can't answer, you tell it: "The answer is chaos first, and the abyss in my heart is the land of chaos. "Of course it will enter your heart to explore whether it is correct, but therefore, it must become a part of your strength, so you still win! Its calling spell is: Warcraft flying in the desert on a full moon night, and your gaze is the door to all miracles. As for the mysterious Sphinx in ancient Egypt, apart from the pyramids, the Sphinx guarded under the three pyramids is the best symbol of Egypt. The legend of the Sphinx has long been a household name, but it is puzzling who built it. According to the traditional view, the Sphinx was built by Pharaoh Hala according to his appearance 4500 years ago, because the name of Pharaoh was engraved on the stone tablet between the two claws of the statue. However, according to the records of the stone tablet, around 1400 BC, Prince Tutankhamun was asked by the God Herumo Uhart to dig his statue out of the yellow sand in his dream. In this view, this statue should be the idol of Hull. Other legends also mention that the Sphinx existed as early as the reign of Pharaoh Khufu. The Historical Mystery of the Sphinx Scholars have studied the Sphinx from various aspects. An American geologist found that the corrosion of the Sphinx showed that its history was much longer than people thought. French scholars even pointed out that the whole body of the Sphinx was flooded, and only the head was exposed. According to meteorologists' research on the climate history of the Sahara region, such a large amount of precipitation only existed 1 10,000 years ago. Some researchers found that the tail of the Sphinx was not built at the same time as the main body. Maybe Pharaoh khalaf just trimmed it, not its builder. The real construction time of the Sphinx was about 7000 ~ 9000 years ago. Of course, some people think that the water that eroded the Sphinx evaporated from the Nile. If this statue existed a long time ago, why was it not mentioned in the ancient Egyptian classics?

Tips for tourist attractions

Admission: Since 2005, the price has been raised to 80 Egyptian pounds (Giza Pyramid ticket). Transportation: Take a taxi from downtown to Giza Scenic Area. In addition, the 355 road behind the Egyptian Museum and some CMB can also be reached. Other travel notes: Chen Shuaifo thinks that before 9: 30 am, the light for shooting the Sphinx is the best. The Sphinx is located near great pyramid of giza in the southwest of Cairo. It is a famous Egyptian monument. Together with the pyramids, it is the most representative relic of ancient Egyptian civilization. The elephant is 2 1 meter high, 57 meters long and 2 meters long in ears. Except that the lion's paw extending to15m is inlaid with big stones, the whole elephant is carved on a big stone containing impurities such as shells. This face is the face of khalaf, the Pharaoh (king) of the fourth dynasty in ancient Egypt. According to legend, in 26 BC11year, khalaf ordered to carve a stone statue for himself when he visited his mausoleum, the Hafra Pyramid Project. The craftsman skillfully carved a lion's body and took Pharaoh's face as the lion's head. In ancient Egypt, the lion was a symbol of strength, and the Sphinx was actually a portrayal of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt. The statue sits west to east, crouching beside khalaf's mausoleum. Because it looks like the sphinx in Greek mythology, westerners call it the sphinx. The original Sphinx wore a crown, a sacred snake relief on its forehead, a long beard on its chin and a collar around its neck. After thousands of years of wind and rain and sand burial, the crown and collar disappeared. In 18 18, the relief of the sacred snake was dug up by the British Italian Cafiria under the statue and presented to the British Museum in Great Britain. The beard fell off and fell apart. There are two in the Egyptian Museum and one in the British Museum (now returned to Egypt). The elephant's nose has been missing a large piece, which is said to have been destroyed by Napoleon's soldiers when they invaded Egypt. In fact, it is a rumor, which was shattered by the Sufi Sect of Islam in the Middle Ages as a pilgrim. More than 4000 years later, the Sphinx has been riddled with chronic diseases, especially the corrosion of the neck and chest. 198 1 June, the left hind leg of the stone statue collapsed, forming a hole 2 meters wide and 3 meters long. 1February, 988, two huge stones fell from the right shoulder of the stone statue, one of which weighed 2000 kilograms.

tourist map

The Sphinx is located in Giza, a suburb southwest of Cairo. A few kilometers west of Cairo, we came to the village of Giza, and the pyramid, one of the seven wonders of ancient architecture in the world, stood in front of us. On the east side of the largest pyramid of khufu, there is the Sphinx, which attracts tourists from all over the world with its attractive magic. Top view of lease

Taxi drivers in Luxor, Aswan and Cairo will find various reasons not to change if you have no change when you get off the bus, even if the price is settled. In Alexandria, however, it is more formal, and the driver takes the initiative to change, charging 3LE. In Siva, you can see many children sitting on donkey carts shouting "taxi" at you, and the price is about 1 to 2LE. If you want to go to the desert, you can only rent a jeep If you just wander around the desert or in the oasis, riding a bike is the best. There are rents in many places in the town, 10LE/ day, which is about 6 kilometers from the city center to the edge of the desert at most. Tourist carriage: Many cities have beautiful carriages. No matter what the sky-high price is, give it to 5LE at most. Public transportation: generally 25pt/ person, but in Luxor, the driver will charge a high price, regardless of him, sit on it and give him the money when he arrives.

tourist handbook

You need to apply for a visa in advance to join a group tour or self-help tour, so you should prepare the personal information form and visa information required by the application form: 2 recent 2-inch photos, complete copies of the front and back of your ID card, the original passport valid for more than 6 months, a certificate of my employment and a copy of the company's business license. As for the exchange rate, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Egyptian pound (LE) is about 5.8 (the latest exchange rate). As for free activities, because of the tight schedule, there is little time for free activities with the group in Egypt, only every night. The tour guide said that under normal circumstances, we don't give too much time for free activities, lest the guests get lost. If you want to experience the freedom in a foreign country, there is no need. The premise is that you can speak English or find a Chinese translator. In addition, you should be familiar with urban traffic. As for etiquette, Egypt is an Arab country. In public, try not to hug and kiss between men and women. No one can dress barefoot. Ladies' skirts must be knee-high, but shorts and swimsuits can be worn in hotels. If you are a guest at a local home, prepare some desserts as gifts according to local customs. In Egypt, waiters, tour guides, drivers and room cleaners generally have to tip, and one Egyptian pound is enough at a time. Don't take valuables with you when you leave the hotel. You'd better let the hotel take care of your passport and large credit card. Don't aim the camera at the Egyptians until you get permission. It should be noted that you should not shoot military restricted areas and government agencies. Egyptian customs often ask tourists to open boxes for inspection and pay taxes. The camera must be declared to the customs, and the customs will indicate the brand specification and machine number on the passport, and it must be taken out when leaving the country, otherwise heavy taxes will be deducted. Duty-free goods include limited quantities of tobacco and alcohol, self-use perfume with reasonable capacity, and gifts with limited value.

Edit the mystery of the lion's body

The word Sphinx is not an ancient Egyptian word, but an ancient Greek word, meaning repression. The ancient Egyptians did not call themselves the Sphinx, so what is the name of the Sphinx in Egyptian? Is Horus on the horizon? Ancient Egypt was a polytheistic country. It is the first step for mankind to explain the magic of nature and the creation of the world through the origin and myth of God. Horus is one of the most worshipped gods in Egypt. Horus, the god of falcon, is a god in the sky, which gave Pharaoh the power to rule this land and people. Egyptian rulers often associate themselves with the God of Horus. It is believed that Pharaoh is the incarnation of the God of Horus on earth, and after his death, he will become Osiris, the guardian of Hades, the father of Horus. Gods like Horus, especially in Egyptian mythology, we can still see some gods. The first god is the god of jackals, not the god of wealth, but the god of jackals, which means to get rich anyway. This jackal god, his name is Anubis, and he is the god of the underworld. The second is the cat god named Pasteur. This cat god is very interesting. Cat has a wonderful pronunciation in Egyptian. Pronunciation is Miwu, which is very similar to the onomatopoeia of cats in our Chinese. "Meow", Miwu, then this is the cat god. The last one is called Sahmat. Sahmat is the head of a lion, and the human body just fell off with the Sphinx. Here we can see why ancient Egypt wanted the body and head to be a combination of two animals, which has its own tradition. So when did this first originate? Totem worship, which originated in ancient Egypt, and the ritual of such a mask. Because it has such a worship of animals, it may make such a mask to attend some ceremonies, which gives people such inspiration. That is to say, the somersaults of different animals can be linked together, so this Pasteur god means protection. Why does it mean protection? Because it is the head of a lion, it is dignified and protective. At this point, it is slightly related to the repression in ancient Greece, so people speculate that in front of the pyramids in Giza, such a huge sphinx was used to guard the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs. Amazing discovery-there is an engineering plan on the earth that can't be fully expressed by a physical object, but it needs a physical work to reflect the implementation of this plan. What is the best way to express yourself as a chief designer? The Sphinx in ancient Egypt was a great work of art in the early days of mankind. The connotation of amazing work: 1 Information elements: boulder, lying lion, human head, attention and the East; 2. Relevant information elements: conception, creation, expression, truth and age; 3. It will inevitably lead to the speculation of future generations: It is very strange, why did the original designers express their works in this way? What the hell does this mean? There must be a mystery, almost a mystery. After thousands of years, people finally solved the mystery of history and the truth came out. 5. Main conclusion: It is the face of God, and the face of God is God. It is a mysterious plan to build a stone lion. Only in this oriental language can this answer be displayed. God is the chief designer. A Beijinger made a brave contribution.

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brief introduction