The Great Sphinx

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The Great Sphinx, witch is located in Giza, the third largest city in Egypt. Is a huge statute, with the body of a lion and the head of a king, built over 4500 years ago. The Great Sphinx was buried for most of it existence, until King Thutmose IV, while still a prince, had gone hunting and fell asleep in the shade of the sphinx head. During a dream, the sphinx spoke to Thutmose and told …

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…lot near the Sphinx uncovered a series of tunnels and pathways, two of which dip further underground near the Sphinx. Some believe these are ancient and probably contemporaneous with the Sphinx itself. While examining the erosion, a team using a seismograph around the Sphinx, found hollow, regularly shaped spaces or chambers a few meters below ground between the paws and to either side of the Sphinx. But no one has yet to dig them out.