Great Sphinx of Giza Excavation with Pyramids Key Ring

The excavation of sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza. In 1887 the chest, paws, altar, and plateau were all made visible. Behind the Sphinx on the Giza Necropolis is the pyramids of Egypt. - A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion with the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless, and will kill and eat those who cannot answer her riddle. - Vintage 1887 image of the Sphinx in public domain.