The Great Sphinx of Giza has the head of a man and the body of what animal?

Actually, the Sphinx sculpture in Egypt is officially a representation of the cryptozoological (mythical) creature, the Androsphinx, as it has the body of a lion, from the solar deity Sekhmet, a lioness; and the head of a man, most likely Pharaoh Khafra (4th Dynasty, 2570 BC); and wearing a Pharaonic headdress, called a "nemyss". The proper name of this single structure that may have been given to it by its builders is not known. However, tombs made in this fashion, to embody a god along with the fallen king, are created to signify the close relationship between the man and the god. In Egyptian mythology, the endless Sphinx was a guardian of the cosmos, and was a very important symbolic aspect of the astrological beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. While only referred to as the Androsphinx when depicted with a human head, it is also known as Hor-em-Akhen, which is translated to "Horus of the Horizon." The Greeks called it Har-Machis or Harmachus. Horus was one of the most ancient and significant deities in Egypt, as god of the sun, sky and kingship. Horus of the Horizon signifies the rising of the astrological planets. The statue of the Androsphinx near the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza is the most famous representation of this creature. For Egyptians, statues that represented kings or gods combined with their animal counterparts into one being were called "shesp-ankh", meaning "living statues" or "living images." This word became mistranslated through the Greek meaning of "Sphinx" being defined as "to squeeze" or "to tighten up." Sphinxes also have their mythological imagery in other various parts of the world, including India, South Asia, Europe and religions such as Freemasonry. Egyptian Sphinxes were represented with several different animal bodies and heads in various combinations, and were arranged in double rows along the approaches to temples and other places of worship or political power as guardians, notably the ram-headed sphinxes that line the way to the temple of Amun at Karnak. At over 240 feet in length, this famous Androsphinx sculpture has a stele (stone or wooden slab, erected as a monument) between its paws that tells how Prince Tuthmosis was out hunting one day when he fell asleep in its shadow. The Androsphinx prophesied that he would have the throne of Egypt if he promised to clear away the sand from the almost desert-entombed sculpture. According to myth, Tuthmosis did this, and he became the fourth pharaoh of that name, reigning between 1425 - 1417 BC. It also lists the three aspects of the local sun deity of that period, Khepera-Re-Atum. The Egyptian Sphinx was a benign embodiment of sovereignty and was male, unlike the Greek Sphinx, which is usually female and malign or antagonistic in nature. The Greek Sphinx had a woman's head and the body of a winged lioness. Also, the Androsphinx is well known for not having a nose. It is widely believed that Napoleon Bonaparte blew the nose off with his rifle, but this is simply a false speculation. The nose, like most of the rest of the sculpture, has been worn off naturally by erosion, high winds and the processes of decay over time. Such a long time has elapsed since then, that we are reminded of the Arabic proverb, "The world fears time, but time fears the pyramids."

Kind of funny how the nose of the Sphinx was removed due to the fact the nose was in the shape of a "black" man's nose. I guess that's just another example of some people trying to erase the history of another people. I'm sure to get many rebuttals and derogatory, racist remarks for this post. Ask me if I care, I stick to the TRUTH, not biased history.

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Actually, there is one school of thought that posits that the head of the sphinx was re-carved into it's present shape at some point, and that the body is actually that of a dog. The entire thing having once been a representation of Anubis. Any thoughts?

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Another easy one!

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