There, easy to get impressive post titles after 5 minutes in Wikipedia. Sphinx is the Greek name, Hor-em-akhet (Horus of the Horizon) is a later Egyptian name, no-one knows the real name. I tried saying “Here kitty kitty” but got no response. So that’s another mystery I haven’t solved.
This post occurs directly after the last pyramid shot but that post was getting long and I was getting sloppy since I’d had 5 cans of Heineken from the off-license I found just down the road. Yesterday’s exploration was good and I have much better bearings for where I am.
Anyway, back to my good friend Hozza. I don’t have a lot of photos because I don’t really like other tourists in my photos and the Sphinx is somewhat popular. And as you can see above, that great looking bloke keeps turning up in front of the camera. Anyway, here’s the Sphinx in front of a Pyramid.
And here he is again from behind his shoulder
In general he looks a lot more fragile than the pyramids and I reckon had he not been buried for most of the intervening centuries he’d probably be gone. Still, n impressive sight, and worth the very annoying hassle to get anywhere near it.