Today's random object don't forget to like and subscribe and click the bell so you'll be notified about coming videos As Finks is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion In Greek tradition the Sphinx has the head of a woman the haunches of a lion and the wings of a bird She is mythicized as treacherous and merciless Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories is they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster This deadly version of a Sphinx appears in the myth and drama of edipus Unlike the Greek Sphinx which was a woman the Egyptians Finks is typically shown as a man In addition the Egyptians Finks was viewed as benevolent but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version Both were thought of as guardians and often flank the entrance to temples In European decorative art the Sphinx enjoyed him major revival during the Renaissance Later the Sphinx image initially very similar to the original ancient Egyptian concept was exported into many other cultures albeit they are often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and through evolution of the concept in relation to other cultural traditions Sphinx depictions are generally associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples The oldest known Sphinx was found 195 kilometers to the east of Cortec tip Turkey and was dated to 9500 BC The largest and most famous Sphinx is the Great Sphinx of Giza situated on the Giza plateau adjacent to the Great Pyramids of Giza on the West Bank of the Nile River in facing east The Sphinx is located southeast of the pyramids while the date of its construction is not known for certain General consensus among Egyptologist is that the head of the Great Sphinx bears the likeness of the Pharaoh Kaffra While a French minority of the late 20th century geologists have claimed evidence of water erosion in and around this Sphinx enclosure which would prove that the Sphinx predates Kaffra a claim that a sometimes refer to as the Sphinx water erosion hypothesis which has little support among Egyptologists The Great Sphinx has become an emblem of front of Egypt frequently appearing on its stamps coins and official documents