There are many Sphinxes in Egypt, many of them worn faces of actual rulers. The most known of them was a target practice for french army some very long time ago, so it got its nose shot off and there is still another canonball sitting in the face.
The word "Sphinx" came from the greek language, there is a similar creature with the wings of a bird, the body of a tiger and the face of a women, and they called it the sphinx
The pharoah Khephra.
If you are talking about the sphinx in Egypt then it is the nose. When the British occupied Egypt they used the sphinx as target practice and took away much of its face. Last I heard restoration attempts are underway.
The direction that the Sphinx is facing is east and it has been calculated that it points to the dawn of the star Regulus (The Lion Heart) in the summer solstice 12,000 years ago and again starting in 2012.
It has the body of a lion and the head of a human, the face is believed to be that of pharaoh Khafre.
King Khufu's face is on the sphinx.
it is to have been believed that Pharaoh Khufu's (Greek: Cheops) face was on The Great Sphinx.
The answer is the great Sphinx is indeed a man
the pharaoh
yes
The head of the Great Sphinx now is believed to be that of the pharaoh Khafra.
No - it is believed to have the face of Khafre.
Yes
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The word "Sphinx" came from the greek language, there is a similar creature with the wings of a bird, the body of a tiger and the face of a women, and they called it the sphinx
king tut In the related links box below, I posted a website about the research on the sphinx.
The mythical creature with a head like human and a body like a lion is called Sphinx. The Great Sphinx statue of Egypt is in Giza.