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Corporation.  \nThomson and Star Logo are trademarks and Gale and KidHaven Press are registeredtrademarks used herein under license.  \nFor more information,contactKidHaven Press27500 Drake Rd.  \nFarmington Hills,MI 48331-3535Or you can visit our Internet site at http://www.gale.com  \nALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  \nNo part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used inany form or by any means—graphic,electronic,or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,taping,Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems—without thewritten permission of the publisher.  \nEvery effort has been made to trace the owners of copyrighted material.  \n\n| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA  \u003Cbr>Mortensen,Lori,1955-  \u003Cbr>The sphinx/by Lori Mortensen.  \u003Cbr>p.cm.--(Monsters)  \u003Cbr>Includes bibliographical references and index  \u003Cbr>ISBN 978-0-7377-3633-5(hardcover)  \u003Cbr>1.Sphinxes(Mvtholoav)--Juvenile literature.2.Great Sphinx  \u003Cbr>(Egypt)--Juvenile literature.1.Title  \u003Cbr>BL820.S66M672008  \u003Cbr>398.24'54--dc22  \u003Cbr>2007032098   |\n| --- |\n\nISBN-10:0-7377-3633-XPrinted in the United States of America  \nCHAPTER 1  \nMystery of the Sphinx  \n4  \nCHAPTER 2  \nTales of the Sphinx19  \nCHAPTER 3  \nReturn of the Sphinx32  \n41  \nNotes  \nGlossary  \n42  \nFor Further Exploration  \n44  \nIndex  \n46  \nPicture Credits  \n48  \nAbout the Author  \n48  \n# MYSTERY CFTHE SPHINX\n\nF  \nar away in Egypt,a mysterious creature staresacross the desert.It has the head of a man andthe body of lion.But it is not the size of anordinary man or lion.The creature is enormous.Its body is as long as a city block.Its massive headrises as high as a six-story building.The creaturerests as though it might lurch onto its giant pawsand walk away.But it does not move.It waits inthe desert,just as it has been waiting for thousandsof years.It is the Great Sphinx,one of the biggeststatues ever created.  \nLong ago,people believed sphinxes were gods.The creatures seemed extra powerful because theyhad the best characteristics of humans and animals.  \nThe Great Sphinx has the head of a man and the bodyof a lion.  \nThe head of a man gave the creature wisdom(goodsense)and intelligence.The body of a lion madethe creature strong and powerful.  \nNot all sphinxes had the head of a man,how-ever.Some sphinxes had the body of a lion withthe head of woman,a ram (male sheep),or a falcon  \nSome sphinxes had the head of a woman.  \n(bird of prey).Other sphinxes had a woman's headand chest,flowing wings,and the tail of a snake.Nomatter what kind of head was attached to the lion'sbody,sphinxes were always symbols of wisdomand power.  \n# ANIMAL MAGIC\n\nStories about the sphinx and other hybrid crea-tures may have started with cave drawings.Hybridcreatures are made from more than one creature.Long ago,early humans drew pictures of animalskilled in a hunt.Over time,drawing the picturesbecame a kind of 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