What's the use of the stone statue in front of the pyramid?

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What stone statue? The sphinx, right? Please be professional! ?

The sphinx (Arabic:? ) or the Sphinx is a statue next to the pyramid of Kafra, which is shaped like a lion's body and a human head. The Sphinx is about 73.5 meters (24 1 ft) long, 6 meters (20 feet) wide and 20.22 meters (66.34 feet) high. The Sphinx is the oldest known memorial statue. It is generally believed that it was built during the reign of Pharaoh Khalaf. (about 2558-2532 BC)

Because the age, appearance and even the builder of the Sphinx are controversial, these problems are called "the mystery of the Sphinx" by the world, but they are slightly different from the mystery of the Sphinx in Greek mythology.

The nose and beard of the Sphinx have fallen off, and there is a saying that it was caused by Napoleon's shelling (one said that the ruler of Mamluk in Egypt bombarded it with artillery), but the authenticity remains to be verified.

The Sphinx is one of the most famous statues in the world, but its builder and construction time are unknown now. Because of this, the related debate has become the mystery of the modern sphinx. "

The sphinx and the pyramid of cafra. In 2005, Pliny Sr mentioned the Sphinx in his book Natural History. The ancient Egyptians regarded it as a "god" who was ignored by people because of silence, and thought that "King Hamas was buried here".

It is unknown what the builders of the Sphinx called this statue, because the Sphinx did not appear in the inscriptions of any ancient kingdom discovered so far, and there is no inscription describing its construction or original use. In the new kingdom, this statue is called Horus on the horizon, and this name also appears on the dream monument of Pharaoh Thutmose IV (BC1401391or 1397- 1388).

Because this statue is very similar to the monster with the lion body, female head and eagle wings in Greek legend (although it has a male head and no wings like other Egyptian sphinxes), it was called the Sphinx in classical times, when it was 2,000 years before the possible construction of this statue.

Another possible source is the writing error of Ssp-anx in ancient Egypt. In the fourth dynasty of Egypt (2575-2467 BC), this name usually refers to the statue of the royal family. In the later new dynasty (1570- 1070 BC), it was specially used to refer to the sphinx, although the two words were very different in writing.

It is said that the imperial edict of Khufu (khalaf, son of Khufu) was 26 10 BC, and Pharaoh Khufu came here to inspect his tomb, the pyramid, which was about to be completed. Khufu found a boulder in the quarry. Khufu immediately ordered the stonemason to carve the Sphinx according to his face. Masons braved the heat and carved year after year, and finally finished. This elephant is 20 meters high, 57 meters long and 5 meters long. It wears the crown of "Nemes", with the sacred snake relief of "cobra" engraved on its forehead, and the symbol of the emperor-a long drooping beard on its chin. One ear is more than two meters long.