Great Sphinx of Giza is a large sphinx statue shaped half-human, half lion found in Egypt, at Giza Plain, the west bank of the Nile, near Cairo now. This is one of the few in the world's largest sculpture made of one piece of stone, and is believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the third millennium BC. The name used for the people of Ancient Egypt to refer to this statue is not known. The name 'sphinx' which is used is taken from a Greek mythology creature with the body of a lion, a woman's head and wings of an eagle, though Egyptian sphinxes have the head man.
The word "sphinx" comes from the Greek (Σφιγξ - Sphinx, from the verb σφιγγω - sphingo) which means to strangle, because the sphinx from Greek mythology to strangle people who can not answer the riddle. For some people, it is believed that this name represents a change in words from the ancient Egyptian language Shesep-Ankh, a name given to the royal statues in the Fourth Dynasty. In medieval writings, and bilhaw balhib name that points to the Sphinx is used, including by Egyptian historian Maqrizi, who suggested the preparation of the Coptic language, but the term Arab-Egypt Abul-Hol, which translates as "Father of Terror," more widely used. although the means "Father of Terror", the sphinx is one of the modern culture of his day, and is a popular tourist area.
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