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1 Courtney McArthur & Melaina Volpe Period D

2 Why was the Sphinx important to the Egyptians?

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4 *The Sphinx was ‘protecting’ three important tombs: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), his son Chephren’s or(Khafre) Pyramid, and the smallest pyramid built by Menkaure. *Archeologists have found that the Sphinx has no nose and they think that it was blown off by one of Napoleon’s solders when the French conquered Egypt.

5 http://interoz.com/egypt/sphinx.htm This was a good site for information on the Sphinx. http://www.unmuseum.org/sphinx.htm This site gave us a lot of facts on the Sphinx. http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html This site gave us a good map of the Sphinx. The Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt The book told us about the sphinx and its features. http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/sphinx.htm This site gave us a good picture. http://interoz.com/egypt/sphinx.htm This was a good site for information on the Sphinx. http://www.unmuseum.org/sphinx.htm This site gave us a lot of facts on the Sphinx. http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html This site gave us a good map of the Sphinx. The Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt The book told us about the sphinx and its features. http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancie nt/sphinx.htm This site gave us a good picture.

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