YOUC AN DO IT!Why is this sphinx sphinx (sfĭngks), mythical beast of ancient Egypt, frequently symbolizing the pharaoh as an incarnation of the sun god Ra. The sphinx was represented in sculpture usually in a recumbent position with the head of a man and the body of a lion, taking a swim? Tease Your Brain Can you arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in this grid so that no two consecutive numbers are next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally? The sphinx, a half-lion, half-man statue, is not really the famous Great Sphinx of Egypt. The statue is believed to be a representation of Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII Ptolemy XII, 61?–47 B.C., king of ancient Egypt (51–47 B.C.), of the Macedonian dynasty; son of Ptolemy XI. On the death of his father he was under the guardianship of Pompey. . Divers recently recovered the sphinx from a sunken sunk·en v. Obsolete A past participle of sink. adj. 1. Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed: sunken cheeks. 2. city near Alexandria, Egypt. The city, in which Cleopatra had a palace, sank more than 1,600 years ago after a series of earthquakes and tidal waves tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. . |
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