The sphinx is a very famous monument in Egypt that almost every tousist there goes to see.According to archaeologists,the Great Sphinx of Gize was probably the first sphinx made.Over thousands of years,and covered the Sphinx until only the head was visible.people forgot that the head represented a Pharaoh,and they began to worship the Sphinx as Ra,the sun god.In fact,the name"sphinx' is not Egyptian,but from the Greak word meaning"strangle".According to legend,the Sphinx strangle and killed anyone who could not make sense of her riddle.