The Pyramid Power

Riddle of the Sphinx

Author: Ernie Fitzpatrick


In Greek mythology, the Sphinx asked this riddle of all travelers who passed by. "What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?" And of course the answer to the riddle was, "A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age." ...

The Mighty Sphinx

Author: Amr Ellaban


Sphinx of Giza

The sphinx of Giza is the statue therianthrope that stands before the Great Pyramids plateau of Giza, upstream of the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt. It is also known by the Arabs Abu al-Hol ( "father of terror").

With a length of sixty-three meters from a height of twenty meters and a width of fourteen the Sphinx of Giza is a sculpture carved in a natural ...