It commemorates the pet cat of the ancient alien leader who helped build the pyramids and later founded the Illuminati. Egyptians worshipped cats because of this leader.Ancient alien astronauts theorists suggest ......
What happened to the real sphinx?Maybe it was built to lure a real Sphinx to that location. Apperently it failed.
What happened to the real sphinx?
Alternatively, having found out that Greece had stolen their city name the pharoahs dispatched the Sphinx to prevent the Greeks stealing their family planning industry as well. This move naturally backfired, and the statue is a warning about self-fulfilling prophecies.A monument to the late guardian of Thebes, who committed suicide when Orpheus solved the riddle (Damn that motherscrewer!). As it turned out, the Greek Thebes and its Egyptian namesake were actually "towns of kindred souls", and the half of the remains were brought to the Egyptian Thebes.