photo of the partially excavated Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre (left) and the Great Pyramid of Giza (right) behind it. taken around 1878. (2516×1849)
this may be a stupid question… but I always wondered how such culturally significant monuments got lost to time like this in the first place. When did the Egyptians forget about the Sphinx and why? How did something so big and important get neglected for so long. did this region of Egypt just go uninhabited for a long time and no one was around to look after it? what happened?
the same question can be repeated for really any lost monument like this .
Cyfyclops2
this may be a stupid question… but I always wondered how such culturally significant monuments got lost to time like this in the first place. When did the Egyptians forget about the Sphinx and why? How did something so big and important get neglected for so long. did this region of Egypt just go uninhabited for a long time and no one was around to look after it? what happened?
the same question can be repeated for really any lost monument like this .