The Sphinx is literally the twin of the three pyramids. When people think of the pyramids, they think of the Sphinx. The Sphinx, also known as the Sphinx, is said to have been born of a giant and a basilisk. It always keeps at the junction of the road, passing people have to answer the riddle it put forward, guess wrong will be eaten by it. After the brave young Oedipus guessed two riddles in a row, it committed suicide in shame. Now visitors here of course no longer have to answer its riddle, weathered severely upper body let it has long since lost its former power. Plus, Napoleon blasted off its nose with a big cannon, so every visitor here can "kiss" the bridge of its flat nose with a camera.