In this book or story you are going to learn about the Sphinx.
Jack’s Egypt Paper !!! [Type the document subtitle]
Jack Neis
Table of contents Introduction is on page ………………………………….2 What the purpose is on page …………………………2 What is the Sphinx on page…………………….........3 What is the theories are on page …………………4 Glossary is on page ………………………………………..6 The Greek Sphinx is on page …………………………5 The diagram is on page ………………………………….4 Bibliography is on page …………………………………7
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Have you ever heard of The Great Sphinx of Giza? Well here is your chance to learn more about the Sphinx. If you have never heard of it, you are going to learn about the Sphinx now. You will learn what the Sphinx is and the theories of the Sphinx. Here is also a little fact to get you interested: the Sphinx is two hundred forty feet long and sixty five feet long!
The Great Sphinx of Giza was buried up to the neck for at least two centuries. The Great Sphinx of Giza was made by King Khufu. It was made from limestone. It took about thirty years to make The Great Sphinx of Giza. The Great Sphinx of Giza was made to protect King Khufu’s pyramids.
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In the paragraph above you learned about the purpose of the Sphinx and what it is. The Sphinx was built by Egyptian slaves building it. People don’t really know how they did it or whose head is on the Sphinx, but they think it is King Khufu’s. There is a passage way that leads through The Great Sphinx of Giza, but it leads to nothing at all. Some people think there used to be treasure inside or it is still there, but they blocked it off! Along time ago The Great Sphinx of Giza used to be brightly colored, because one of the ears has gold and blue on it. The color just faded away from water and wind. The Great Sphinx of Giza used to have a beard, but it fell off from wind damage. Or the scientists think maybe Sam-ElDhār might have used a bow and arrow, because the nose is damaged from him. We know that he did that, because inside The Giza Pyramids, it says he did. He did that because his people fought against the Egyptians, and they lost so it is like payback. He did all of that around the fourteen hundreds, and he lost war against them in 1393. In that paragraph you learned about the theories.
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In this paragraph you are going to learn about the restorations of the Great Sphinx of Giza, how the Sphinx is right now, and 10 years back. The restoration is very hard to do, because Egyptian styles of limestone but you want to look good. Pharaoh Tuthomis the fourth and pharaoh Ramessess the second both restored the Sphinx when they were pharaohs. We fully uncovered The Great Sphinx of Giza in 1925! The wind and water mostly damaged The Great Sphinx of Giza, not people because they thought they were going to get cursed by the Sphinx. In the 1980’s more than 2,000 blocks were added to the Sphinx. The thing they restored most recently is the left back foot on April 2006. The Sphinx is a special attraction in ancient Egypt. DIAGRAM The eyes are 6 feet high. The ears are 5 feet high. The Sphinx is 20 feet wide. The Sphinx is 65 high. The face is 13 feet wide. The Sphinx is 240 feet long. The nose is 5 feet long. The mouth is 6 feet wide.
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There is more than one Sphinx. One is in Greece, and a long time ago the Greece Sphinx was used for a riddle. The riddle was “what walks on four legs, then walks on two legs, then what walks on three legs.” The answer is a human. If you got it wrong, you got eaten alive. There are still facts to learn about The Great Sphinx of Giza.
That is the story of the Sphinx, its many discoveries and mysteries that people know and don’t know. There is always more to discover from the Sphinx and learn from the Sphinx.
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GLOSSARY The definition of ancient Egypt is Egypt a long time ago in B.C. time. The definition of attraction is a site or something fun usually. The definition of pyramid is a big limestone structure the ancient Egyptians used to build. The definition of restoration is to redo do something or to restore The definition of B.C. is Before Christ. The definition of Sphinx is a stone bedrock limestone that has a lion body and a human Egyptian. The definition of Pharaoh is a ruler of ancient Egypt.
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Bibliography DK Publishing inc. (2004). Pyramid. New York: DK Publishing inc. Peter Chris. (2005). Pyramids . New York: DK Experience . Sacred Sites. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2013, from Sarcred Sites: http//sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/great_sphinx_facts.html Sam Taplin . (2003). Mummies and Pyramids . washington : Stephen Jones .
All pictures from way2egypt.com
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