Riddles of the Sphinx
By: Paul Jordan  ; with photographs by John Ross.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Great Sphinx (Egypt)
Other titles: Sphinx
Description: This book tells the full story of the Great Sphinx of Giza as Egyptology has uncovered it. The Sphinx is one of the most striking monuments of the ancient Egyptians, and has attracted the attention of travellers, scientists, archaeologists and others for generations. Paul Jordan details the Sphinx's impact on the ancient world, on Arab writers, on Renaissance travellers, on the pioneers of Egyptology and on modern scholarship.

He tells the story of the Sphinx's many bouts of excavation and restoration, and above all puts the Sphinx in the context of all that is known about ancient Egyptian history and religion. This book examines every aspect of the Sphinx, including a professional geologist's recent claims regarding its age, and provides an authoritative and highly readable overview of the issues and debates currently surrounding it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217) and index.