Sphinx is a mythological image, created in Ancient Egypt, with lion's body and human head (usually of a pharaoh).

 

Historians claim that this figure may have been imported from Greek culture. The word sphinx is derived from the Greek sphingo meaning to strangle.

 

Meaning:

 

For the ancient Egyptians the image of a sphinx signified power and wisdom. They served, in the Egyptian imaginary, as protectors of the pyramids and temples.

 

Sphinx of Giza:

 

The best known of all history is the Sphinx of Giza, located on the plateau of Giza (northern Egypt). This sphinx, built in the third millennium BC, was built in limestone and has the following measures: 20 meters high, 6 meters wide and 57 meters long. The head of the sphinx represents Pharaoh Khafren or his brother Djedefré.

But nobody knows for sure how our ancestors managed to lift stones that weigh up to 12 tons to build Stonehenge.

The Stonehenge was built in a period with time intervals and your construction lasted from 3100 to 2075 BC

It was built by prehistoric Men of the Neolithic period.

Fred Hoyle, a leading expert of the 20th century, defended the thesis that the monument was raised as a kind of computer capable of predicting eclipses and other celestial phenomena. Other experts see the ruins as remnants of a great religious temple

Curiosity

When the Houses of Parliament are in session, the clock is illuminated at night by a light that goes off only when the House rises.

The bell was originally meant to be called Royal Victoria.

Big Ben weighs 13.7 tonnes, stands 7.2ft (2.2 metres) tall and has a diameter of 8.9ft (2.7 metres). The hammer weighs 200kg.

Big Ben chimed for the first time on July 11, 1859.

That bell cracked during a testing. A crack developed in 1859 but the problem was solved when the bell was turned a quarter clockwise and chimed with a lighter hammer.