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cyberdad
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19 Dec 2022, 3:57 pm

Another more famous lion-human hybrid

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19 Dec 2022, 4:01 pm

cyberdad wrote:
Another more famous lion-human hybrid

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That's a sphinx, right? It appears in both Egyptian and Greek mythology. 8)

The Ancient Greeks believed it was a creature that would devour anyone who couldn't solve its complex riddles.



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19 Dec 2022, 4:15 pm

DeathFlowerKing wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Another more famous lion-human hybrid

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That's a sphinx, right? It appears in both Egyptian and Greek mythology. 8)

The Ancient Greeks believed it was a creature that would devour anyone who couldn't solve its complex riddles.


Yes that's right. The latest theory suggest the Sphinx is much older than the Gaza plateau civilisation as water marks on the side of the sphinx suggest it was eroded by heavy rain suggesting it's actually 11,000 years old (a curious coincidence as its a similar age to penis man).



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19 Dec 2022, 4:18 pm

cyberdad wrote:
DeathFlowerKing wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Another more famous lion-human hybrid

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That's a sphinx, right? It appears in both Egyptian and Greek mythology. 8)

The Ancient Greeks believed it was a creature that would devour anyone who couldn't solve its complex riddles.


Yes that's right. The latest theory suggest the Sphinx is much older than the Gaza plateau civilisation as water marks on the side of the sphinx suggest it was eroded by heavy rain suggesting it's actually 11,000 years old (a curious coincidence as its a similar age to penis man).


That's very very cool! 8) :heart:



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19 Dec 2022, 4:43 pm

It's not a mainstream theory. It's based on evidence of water erosion. It seems as if the climate of the area was much wetter back 11,000 or so years ago.

The erosion, it is stated, could have happened long before the Sphinx was sculpted.

There are people who state that the Sphinx is actually 800,000 years old!



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19 Dec 2022, 4:45 pm

Pretty impressive to say the least! 8)