万万没想到：关于狮身人面像的7件事
<p>1. <span word="TECHNICALLY">TECHNICALLY</span>, <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="GREAT">GREAT</span> <span word="SPHINX">SPHINX</span> <span word="OF">OF</span> <span word="GIZA">GIZA</span> <span word="IS">IS</span> <span word="NOT">NOT</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="SPHINX">SPHINX</span>.</p><p>1.严格来说，吉萨的狮身人面像不是狮身人面像。</p><p><span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="sphinx">sphinx</span>, <span word="anyway">anyway</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="influenced">influenced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="Mesopotamian">Mesopotamian</span> <span word="mythology">mythology</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="depiction">depiction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sphinx">Sphinx</span> <span word="consists">consists</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lion">lion</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wings">wings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bird">bird</span>. <span word="Giza">Giza</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="male">male</span>-<span word="identifying">identifying</span> <span word="landmark">landmark</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="technically">technically</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="androsphinx">androsphinx</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wings">wings</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="muddles">muddles</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="taxonomy">taxonomy</span>.</p><p>总之他并不是传统意义上的狮身人面像。虽然他受到埃及以及后期美索不达米亚神话的影响严重，但在古希腊人的描绘中，狮身人面像应该有着狮子的身体，女人的头，和鸟的翅膀。而吉萨的狮身人面像从外表上看是男性，严格来说，他是狮身人头像，而翅膀的缺失让他的分类更加模糊。</p><p>2. <span word="LABORERS">LABORERS</span> <span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="CONSTRUCTED">CONSTRUCTED</span> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="STATUE">STATUE</span> <span word="ATE">ATE</span> <span word="LIKE">LIKE</span> <span word="KINGS">KINGS</span>.</p><p>2.建造雕像的劳动者吃的非常好。</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span>’ <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="toiled">toiled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sphinx">Sphinx</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="enslaved">enslaved</span> <span word="caste">caste</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="diets">diets</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="otherwise">otherwise</span>, <span word="however">however</span>; <span word="excavations">excavations</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Lehner">Lehner</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statue">statue</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="laborers">laborers</span> <span word="regularly">regularly</span> <span word="dined">dined</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="luxurious">luxurious</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="beef">beef</span>, <span word="sheep">sheep</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="goat">goat</span> <span word="meat">meat</span>.</p><p>大部分科学家最初以为建造狮身人面像的苦工们是奴隶，但是不然，领导挖掘的莱纳透露说，建造雕像的人通常分到顶级的牛肉、绵羊肉以及山羊肉这样的奢侈食物。</p>
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