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How the Great Sphinx of Giza may have started out with the face of a lion thousands of years before the pyramids were built
The Great Sphinx of Giza might have originally had the face of a lion and could be much older than previously thought, archaeologists have claimed.
Until now its origins have been one of history's most enigmatic mysteries, but a new study suggests that the icon did not have the face of a pharaoh.
The Sphinx is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head, which stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River, near Cairo.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 241 feet long, 20 feet wide and 65 feet high.
Commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the 3rd millennium BC, it is the earliest known monumental sculpture.
Using the data retrieved by experts, visual effects artists have created digital images showing the Sphinx as it could have looked before the time of the pyramids.
English geologist Colin Reader said the Sphinx was not only older than previously thought, but may have originally had an entirely different face.
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The Great Sphinx of Giza might have originally had the face of a lion and could be much older than previously thought, archaeologists have claimed.
Until now its origins have been one of history's most enigmatic mysteries, but a new study suggests that the icon did not have the face of a pharaoh.
The Sphinx is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head, which stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River, near Cairo.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 241 feet long, 20 feet wide and 65 feet high.
Commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the 3rd millennium BC, it is the earliest known monumental sculpture.
Using the data retrieved by experts, visual effects artists have created digital images showing the Sphinx as it could have looked before the time of the pyramids.
English geologist Colin Reader said the Sphinx was not only older than previously thought, but may have originally had an entirely different face.
The Great Sphinx of Giza reborn as a lion in the desert
The Sphinx in Egypt might have originally had the face of a lion, it is claimed.
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