For decades, scholars examined the drawing, attempting to decode the inscription
sphinx
The sphinx was found within this basin
How old is the Sphinx?
At the pharaonic temple of Kom Ombo near the southern city of Aswan
Ptolemy had, according to ancient historians, taken Alexander's body to the oracle within the serapeum
It was found in the third chamber, intact with minimal breakage on the nose - Its height is 0.60 m. and is assigned to the body of the Eastern Sphinx