the Great Sphinx

基本解释

But the riddle of the Great Sphinx of Giza is far from solved -- at least according to some.
但吉萨的狮身人面像还有好多待解的谜题- 至少依据目前的一些考察是这样。
Bright red signs proclaim its worth in the shadow of the Matterhorn and beneath the blank, unastonished eyes of the great Sphinx.
在马特霍恩山（译注：Matterhorn，阿尔卑斯山峰之一）的影子里，在大狮身人面像空洞冷漠的目光下，鲜红的标志宣告了它的价值。
Ironically, the identity of that somber, worn face is one of the least debated aspects of the Great Sphinx. Mainstream Egyptologists agree that it belongs to pharaoh Khafre (also known as Chephren).
具有讽刺意味的是，金字塔迷雾般的身份，破损的脸是有关狮身人面像像最少讨论的话题，主流的埃及古物学者认为，它属于法老哈夫拉（也成为考夫拉）。

"The Great Sphinx of Tanis" from ancient Egypt dates back over four thousand six hundred years.

Apparently, American cultural insensitivity was also on display, as Spalding recounts how in Egypt, U.S. ball players used one of the Great Pyramids for a backstop and photographed themselves atop the Sphinx, much to the chagrin of locals.
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