WHAT ARE SPHINX?

• Made of rock that look like the body of a lion and head of a pharoe.
• They are sybols of gods.

WHAT TIME PERIOD DID PEOPLE USE AND WORSHIP SPHINX?

• 2558-2532 B.

WHAT WERE SPHINX USED FOR?

• They guarded tombs or graves.
• They symboled wisdom and strength.
• People think that they would give them strength and wisdom

WHY DID THEY MAKE SPHINX?

• So they could worship them and they resembled gods.
• So Egyptians would always have strength and wisdom.
• They would guard temples and tombs

WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH SPHINX'S?

• The fourth dynasty king Chaffier had the idea for them
• The Pharos or Gods faces that were on the head.
• The workers who had to help make it.
• All the dead people that are being "guarded".

WHY WERE SPHINX'S PLACES WHERE THEY WERE IMPORTANT

• They were in ancient Egypt.
• They also had to be right next to tombs or temples so they could "guard them".
• They also had to be were there was a lot of open space so they could be carved there.

Where did they get the idea for Sphinx?
There was a famous Sphinx in Greek Mythology. It was a monster that terrorized Thebes, killing everyone who can't solve its riddle.