The simplest introduction to the Sphinx is at Weekly Reader Connections [http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/wr/4/wr4_04_8_6.html]
You can virtually visit famous Egyptian monuments at the NOVA [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html] website. Use the controls to zoom in or out and travel around the sphinx. Archaeologist, Mark Lehner [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Uncovering-Secrets-of-the-Sphinx.html] has written a personal account about his visit to the sphinx.
More detailed information can be found at Ancient Egypt Online [http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/great-sphinx.html], amazing art [http://amazeingart.com/seven-wonders/sphinx.html] and Su Bayfield's website [http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/about/] (designed to give background to tourists - so check it!).
Conservation:
One of the problems with Wncient Egyptian monuments is that they are weathering or weatring away. SEveral sites tell you about the way scientists and historians are trying to overcome this problem:
The NOVA site [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/riddles-sphinx.html] gives the transcript (like play) of a video (not accessible) about the conservation of the Sphinx.
You can virtually visit famous Egyptian monuments at the NOVA [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html] website. Use the controls to zoom in or out and travel around the sphinx. Archaeologist, Mark Lehner [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Uncovering-Secrets-of-the-Sphinx.html] has written a personal account about his visit to the sphinx.
More detailed information can be found at Ancient Egypt Online [http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/great-sphinx.html], amazing art [http://amazeingart.com/seven-wonders/sphinx.html] and Su Bayfield's website [http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/about/] (designed to give background to tourists - so check it!).
Conservation:
One of the problems with Wncient Egyptian monuments is that they are weathering or weatring away. SEveral sites tell you about the way scientists and historians are trying to overcome this problem:
The NOVA site [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/riddles-sphinx.html] gives the transcript (like play) of a video (not accessible) about the conservation of the Sphinx.