The sphinx is a very famous monument in Egypt that almost every tourist there goes to see. According to archaeologist,the great sphinx of giza was probably the first sphinx made. Over thousands of year,sand covered the sphinx until only the head was visible. People forgot that the head represented a pharaoh, and they began to worship the sphinx as Ra ,the sun god. In fact,the name "sphinx" is not Egyptian,but from the Greek word meaning "strangler" According to legend,the sphinx strangled and killed anyone who could not make sense of her riddle.