Behind The Sphinx Is A Man
While the exact purpose of the Great Sphinx is uncertain, historians assume it was designed to guard the pyramids. Its face is most likely inspired by Khafre, a little-known pharoah. He did, after all, have a nose, whereas the Sphinx’s had just crumbled away.
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Mummification Steps
We’ve all heard that affluent Egyptians were mummified, but the procedure was probably more involved than you might assume. Over the course of months, high priests would remove internal organs, dry the body in salt, and wrap it in numerous layers of linen.