From: History Today | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: Baines, John | COPYRIGHT 1998 History Today Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Riddles of the Sphinx

Paul Jordan; John Ross

Sutton Publishing xxiv + 222pp. 25 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0 750 091553 6

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the prime images by which ancient Egypt is known. The hybrid of lion's body and human face was sculpted, on a larger scale than any other surviving ancient statue, in the living rock beside the `Valley Temple' of King Khafre of the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2500 BC), with a dedicated temple in front of i...