What are some facts about the sphinx at giza?
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The nose was blown off by Napoleon's army.
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Some of the famous royal tombs that are on the regular tourist routes in Egypt besides that of Tutankhamun include:\n\n- The Step Pyramid of Djoser of the 3rd Dynast at Saqqara.\n- The pyramid(s) of Snefru of the 4th Dynasty at Dashur.\n- The pyramids of the 4th Dynasty rulers Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure at Giza.\n- The mastaba of the vizier of Teti of the 6th Dynasty, Mereruka at Saqqara\n- Any number of tombs in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, dating to the New Kingdom and including that of Tutankhamun.\n- the tombs of the high elite of the late 18th Dynasty at Saqqara including that of Maya and the tomb prepared for Horemheb before he became king.\n- The northern and southern groups of tombs at Amarna dating to the Amarna period, reign of Akhenaten, of the 18th Dynasty at Tell el-Amarna.
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The great pyramid of Giza\nThe hanging Gardens of Babylon\nThe Statue of Zeus at Olympia\nThe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus\nThe Colossus of Rhodes\nThe Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Pyramids of Giza are constructed during the 4th dynasty, which is one of the dynasties of the Old Kingdom...\n\nThere is three kingdoms, old, middle and new kingdoms...\n\nA dynasty is a rule of family - Kings from a certain family in a certain location (normally either Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt) rule the country...once the king dies, the eldest son takes over the throne...\n\nPyramids were built for religious purposes and not just to have a tomb - evidence is that during the New Kindom kings were burried in tombs in the Valley of the Kings...\n\nThe first pyramid construction was attempted by Snefru, the first king of the 4th dynasty and father of Cheops, the builder of the the Great Pyramid...he build 2 pyramids in Sakkara known as the Red Pyramid, and the Bend Pyramid...\n\nConcerning the construction of the pyramid, the largest of them all is that of King Cheops...it was constructed over a duration of 20 years, but physically, it only took them 5 years to contruct, as the Egyptians who worked on its construction were farmers, and worked on its construction during innundation season (which was three months every year)...\n\nThe pyramid of Cheops is divided into three chambers, the lower 1 is unfinished for a religious aspect not because they didn't have the time...\n\nThe upper chamber is the one that had the sarcophagos of the king (place where his corps/mummy was placed)...\n\nThe second pyramid belonged to Kephren, his son, who ruled after the death of his brother, "Djedefre", who ruled for only 2 years...\n\nThe third pyramid belonged Kephrens son, Menkawre, and is the smallest of them all...\n\nThe Sphinx belonged to Kephren...with the face of a human, ("Kephren"), and the body of a lion, resembling wisdom and power...\n\nDuring that period, the stones for the pyramid construction was brought from the south of Egypt through the nile (as there was seven branches for it, where 1 of them went near to the pyramids - currently only 2 still exist)...\n\nWhen they planned to construct hte pyramid of Kephren, they left the block of stone used for the Sphinx over as its quality wasn't that good, and decided to convert it to a statue...\n\nThis statue was then worshipped as a GOD in the New Kingdom...\n\n\nPyramid Statistics:\n===================\nPyramid of Cheops:\n------------------\nWorkers: 100,000 Egyptian\nDuration: 3 months every year for 20 years\nHeight: 280 Egyptian Old Royal Cubits tall (146.5 metres or 481 feet)\nCurrent Height: 455.21 ft, approximately 138.75 m\nBase: 231 m per side\nCurrent Base: approximately 230.36 meters\nArea: 53,000 square metres\nAngle of Construction: 51.7°\nMissing Height: The reduction in size and area of the structure into its current rough-hewn appearance is due to the absence of its original polished casing stones, some of which measured up to two and a half meters thick and weighed upwards of 15 tonnes.\nConstruction blocks: 2.4 million blocks\nMaterial: Limestone, Basalt, Granite\nLocation of Material: \n- Limestone: Tura - 8 miles away - used for the outercasing of the pyramid - weighted approximately 15 tonnes each\n- Granite: Aswan - 500 miles away - used for the portcullis doors and relieving chambers - weighted 60-80 tonnes each\n\nPyramid of Khafre:\n------------------\nKhafre's Pyramid had an original height of 143.87 m (275 royal cubits or 471 ft). It now stands at 136 m (446 ft) tall with a base of 215.29 m (410 royal cubits or 704 ft), covering a total area of about 11 acres (45,000 m²).\n\nIts angle of incline measures 53°10′, which is steeper than the Great Pyramid. This, and its slightly more elevated location often make Khafre's Pyramid appear larger than the Great Pyramid. It is, in fact, smaller in both height and volume.\n\nThe pyramid was constructed from limestone and granite blocks weighing an average of 2.5 tons each. Unlike the Great Pyramid and Menkaure's Pyramid, Khafre's Pyramid retains some of its smooth lime
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While there are three tunnels associated with the Sphinx,there are no caves,nor are there any so called secret rooms.Of the three passageways ,two are underneath the Sphinx and are of unknown use or origin, but do date from early Pharonic times.The one that there is evidence regarding is a short dead-end one directly behind the head that was drilled during the nineteenth century.The several holes seen in the body of the Sphinx properly belong to original scaffolding from the time the body was carved. Another short hole was originally in the head of the Sphinx. From depictions made of the Sphinx in late dynastic times sho a crown or plumes of feathers protruding from its head .This hole has been filled in for some time. It is not thought that this was part of the Sphinx original design.Although the Sphinx did have a "plaited" beard. This was added,evidence suggests in the eighteenth Dynasty,properly by Thutmose 2,pieces of the beard have been recovered and are in the Cairo Museum.No artifacts were found in the passageways under or in the Sphinx.It remains the largest monument carved in the round, out of a single rock. The rock the Sphinx is carved from is limestone bedrock known to geologists as The Muqqatam Foundation.\nHoping this helps answer your question.
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your best bet is to look here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Ancient_Egyptian_Gods\n\nhttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Ancient+Egyptian+Gods&btnG=Search+Images\n\nThis one you might like better\nhttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
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This site may answer all your questions:\nhttp://www.sk4p.net/egypt/gods.shtml
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These links will provide more information about Egypt:  \nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/15924/\nhttp://www.egyptheart.org/\nhttp://neferchichi.com/
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Egypt, as many people of the world refer to the country today, is a derivative of this ancient name.  Even today, people who speak one language often change the spelling of words in  another language because of the difficulty they may have in pronouncing some of the sounds of that foreign language.  Hence, in pronouncing Hwt-ka-Ptah, the Greeks changed this world to Aegyptus (Aigyptos), which they used in their literature as the name of an Egyptian King (perhaps Ramesses, though in a fictional manner), the Nile River and for the country itself.  We find the word used by Homer in his famous "Odyssey.  We believe the Greeks had difficulties with the Egyptian pronunciation of the letter "H" at the beginning and end of Hwt-ka-Ptah.\nHer geography is unique. Covering well over a million square kilometers, Ethiopia is about twice as large as Kenya or Texas, or about five times as large as the United Kingdom. Its magnificent landscape ranges from desert areas to forested highlands. At 4,620 meters, Mount Ras Deshen is Ethiopia's highest peak, and Africa's fourth highest, but twenty mountains rise to more than 4,000 meters. The waters of the Abay River, or Blue Nile, feed Lake Tana and flow into the Nile. Most of the Nile's waters originate in Ethiopia.\n\nEthiopia is generally considered Africa's oldest continuously identifiable nation, though Egypt's written history is older and more complete. Ethiopia is landlocked today. Eritrea (independent since 1993), Djibouti and parts of Somalia, share much of their ancient, medieval and modern histories with Abyssinia, as Ethiopia was formerly known. Yemen is nearby. Across the Red Sea is the mountainous Asir Province of Saudi Arabia. Asir, which lies in Asia, has a rugged topography not unlike that of Ethiopia's uplands, and EthiopiansMap are one of the province's larger ethnic minorities. In times past, Ethiopia bordered Egypt, encompassing parts of what is now Sudan.\n\nEthiopia is home to the lion, leopard and cheetah, but to many other species as well. A short list would include the giraffe, elephant, rhinoceros, bushpig, warthog, and various varieties of ibex (including the rare walia), duiker, antelope, gazelle, zebra, buffalo, monkey, baboon, hyena, jackal and wolf. Some of these creatures exist in larger populations in neighboring Kenya, but Ethiopia probably boasts more wild mammal species than any other country in the world. Many are dwarfed by the ostrich, one of Ethiopia's 800 bird species. Some of these animals are unique to Ethiopia. Ethiopia's plant life is equally diverse.\n\nThe first Ethiopians had names like Lucy Australopithecus Afarensis, Australopithecus Africanus and Homo Habilis. They were the predecessors of homo sapiens, our species. Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley and other regions have yielded finds which indicate that this nation may well be the birthplace of the human race.\n\nThere are two possible origins of the name Ethiopia. Tradition says it derives from the name of Etiopik, descendant of the Biblical Noah. Linguists believe it comes from the Greek expression for "sunburned faces." Abyssinia, another ancient name for this land, probably comes to us from the Arabic habishat, which in this context refers to the country's "mixed" population.\n\nEarly History\n\nThere is no doubt that humans have inhabited Ethiopia since the dawn of recorded history, as indicated in early cave drawings. The more modern Ethiopians are not a single racial or ethnic group, a fact reflected in the diversity of Lioness and cubtheir languages. Despite some twentieth-century European attempts to present them as dark Caucasians, Ethiopians are predominantly Negroid.\n\nSome Ethiopian peoples, such as the Surma, were clearly tribal and semi-nomadic, while others were more reliant on agriculture. It's difficult to generalize about such a complex ethnic mix of peoples.\n\nTop of Page\n\nYet, Ethiopia is the o
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There were many theories regarding relationships between Egypt and Mezoamerican cultures.  Yes, there are pyramids, but it only makes sense to worship the sun and what better way to worship than to build structures that point TOWARDS the sun?  \n\nBack in the 70s and 80s a man named Thor Heyerdal built boats out of papyrus and sailed them from Cairo to Yucatan.  He proved that they COULD have sailed to the Americas, but there never was any conclusive evidence of it.  By now, with genetic mapping, someone would have tried to link the Maya or Aztec markers to Pharaonic times.  I have not heard or seen anything to persuade me otherwise.  \n\nIt is much more likely that peoples from later than the Egyptians, with an empire based on sailing and trade, reached the Americas.  Those would be the Phoenicians.  With their origins in the far Eastern Mediterranean (present day Lebanon), a branch split off and founded the empire of Carthage in northern Africa.  They had a trading and sailing monopoly in the ancient world, and a large enough power base that the Greeks gave them a wide berth, and it wasn't until the Romans that they were subdued.  \n\nBut I digress.  Phoenician sailing vessels were rowing galleys with a large sail, similar to a Viking ship, but with several tiers of rowers.  Biremes (two rows) triremes (three tiers), all the way to quintiremes (five), were capable of carrying hundreds of troops.  They were technologically advanced enough that they could have reached the Americas.  Again, no proof.\n\nAs for Atlantis, who knows where Atlantis is.  Some say it was in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.  If that is the case, that was not very far from Egypt, or Northern Africa, but pretty durn far away from Mexico.\n\nSo to asnwer your question:  There is no conclusive evidence of any relationship between the Aztecs or Mayas and the Egyptians.  A pyramid is a fairly basic shape, pointing skyward at the "sun god".  Could simply be coincidence.
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Pyramids of Egypt \nPharos of Alexandria \nHanging Gardens of Babylon\n The Temple of Artemis \nStatue of Zeus \n Mausoleum at Halicarnassus \n The Colossus of Rhodes
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7 Ancient Wonders:\n\nthe Great Pyramid of Giza\n\nthe Hanging Gardens of Babylon\n\nthe Statue of Zeus at Olympia\n\nthe Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\n\nthe Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus\n\nthe Colossus of Rhodes\n\nthe Lighthouse of Alexandria\n\n7 Modern Wonders:\n\nGreat Pyramid of Giza\n\nGreat Wall of China\n\nTaj Mahal\n\nSerengeti Migration\n\nGalapagos\n\nGrand Canyon\n\nMachu Picchu\n\nSeven Natural Wonders:\n\nGrand Canyon\n\nGreat Barrier Reef\n\nHarbor of Rio de Janeiro\n\nMount Everest\n\nNorthern Lights\n\nParicutín volcano\n\nVictoria Falls
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1.  Horemakhet ("Horus at the Horizon", meaning the sun) was a symbol of resurrection, linked to the setting sun, which was reborn every morning. He was also a manifestation of the god Re-Horakhte (see this god) and connected to the very old gods Kheper and Atum. He first appeared during the New Kingdom. He was identified with the Great Sphinx at Giza, where he also was venerated in a temple of his own (possibly the only of its kind in Egypt). His very "own" shape was a sphinx (as seen in the picture above). His was very popular during the dynasties 18-19 and called upon as "the good father".\n\n\n2.  Anubis (in Greek) was an old god who took care of the cemeteries and from c. dynasty five considered to be the son of the solar god Re.\nLater he was connected to the vast Osiris cult and became his son with the goddess Nephtys.\n(See the Myth of Osiris). Depicted as a jackal or a man with a jackal's head, he was originally a god from Abydos in Upper Egypt. He guided the deceased to the next life via the court of Osiris in the Underworld. He was the one who took care of embalmings and was the subject of the mortuary prayers in funerals. His fame was constantly on top during all periods of the long Egyptian history. \n\n\n3.  Osiris (in Greek) was king of the Underworld and originally a god of agriculture and nature. His origin is disputed and he first appeared during dynasty five. In Heliopolis he was said to be son of Re and he represented the dead king. Minor gods were taken into his vast cult and many legends were told about him. The common Myth of Osiris is about his death (murdered by his brother Set) and resurrection. He was the chief judge in the court at the threshold to the next life, where all the dead citizens were trying to come through to Paradise. He always wore a mummy-dress and was brother to Isis, Hor (Horus the elder), Set and Nephthys. His parents were Geb and Nut.\n\n\n4.  Aah (like "awe"), was an old moon god in charge of the moon-year (12x30 days). Besides "moon" his name meant "collar", "to embrace" and "defender".\nHis duties were shadowy and he was seen as a moon crescent often with sun disk upon it (two pictures left). He accompanied mainly Thot and Khons, but also others. Rarely he was upon the head of a sitting Osiris with whom he was known in texts as Osiris-Aah. He could be seen as Thoth-Aah with a crescent upon a pedestal standing in a boat (picture above). He took part in "The Book of the Dead" where he was quoted in a prayer presenting himself by saying: "I am the moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods". His most famous roll in Egyptian mythology was in a tale where he gambled with Thoth and made him help the pair Nut and Geb to raise a family. \n\n\n5.  Nehebkau was a serpent god who participated in the creation of the world when he swam around the solar bark of Re in the watery chaos.\nAll Egyptians (dead and alive) were protected by him, especially from sickness through snake bites. Thus ordinary people used him in magic spells and had his festival in the fifth month, just when the cultivating of the soil had begun. His looks were of a snake with legs (picture right) sometimes with wings and two heads, or a man with a snake's head and Atef-crown (left). His name meant "He Who Unites the Kas" and he put together the double (Ka) from the dead with those of animals, plants and even stones to a multi-natural form. He had no official cult but was mentioned in "The Book of the Dead" and could be seen holding containers, making food offerings to the deceased. From the very start he was connected to Re.
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These are the seven wonders of the ancient world:\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nHanging Gardens of Babylon \nStatue of Zeus at Olympia \nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus \nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus \nColossus of Rhodes \nLighthouse of Alexandria \n\nThis is the list of seven existing wonders of the world\nGreat Pyramid of Giza \nGreat Wall of China \nTaj Mahal \nSerengeti Migration \nGalapagos \nGrand Canyon \nMachu Picchu \n\ni hope this is what you meant by wonderful thing of the world.\nbut if not then  for me  the most wonderful thing of the world are\nLove\nFriendship\nHonour .............
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1. The Great Pyramid of Giza\n2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon\n3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia\n4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus\n5. The Mausoleum of King Maussollos at Halicarnassus\n6. The Colossus of Rhodes\n7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria
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the God Of the Sun in Egypt