20100417 Su-jin Park S16 Journal7

20100417 Su-jin Park S16 Journal7

I take the history class in school, so I will introduce some interesting story about well known Historic Site. This is the fifth story.

<BODY OF A LION – HEAD OF A MAN: SPHINX>

Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a man. It’s one of the many statues in Egypt that look like monsters. The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, is the largest and best known of all these statues.

The origin of the Great Sphinx of Giza goes back 5,000 years. Its human head was carved to look like that of the king Khafre, the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 26th century B.C. The lion body stands for the king’s strength. Both the head and body were carved from solid rock. The paws and legs were built if stone blocks. This grate statue is 66 feet (20 meters) high and more than 240 feet (70 meters) long and 20 feet (6 meters) wide. It stands guard over the road that leads to the pyramid built by King Khafre.

The head of the Great Sphinx has been damaged more than once by vandals, people who destroy things on purpose. Over the centuries, desert sandstorms have also worn away some of the stone. Often, the bottom part of the Sphinx lies buried under the sand. But it seems as though nothing can really destroy the Great Sphinx.

And it is true: for hundreds of years, the Sphinx attracted people both as a religious monument and as a work of art.