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1. TECHNICALLY, THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA IS NOT A SPHINX. 1.严格来说，吉萨的狮身人面像不是狮身人面像。 Not a traditional sphinx, anyway. Although heavily influenced by Egyptian and later Mesopotamian mythology, the classical Greek depiction of the Sphinx consists of the body of a lion, the head of a woman, and the wings of a bird. Giza’s male-identifying landmark is, technically, an androsphinx. The lack of wings further muddles its accepted taxonomy. 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。 2. LABORERS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE STATUE ATE LIKE KINGS. 2.建造雕像的劳动者吃的非常好。 Most scientists’ initial assumption was that the men who toiled to bring the Sphinx to life belonged to an enslaved caste. Their diets would suggest otherwise, however; excavations led by Lehner revealed that the statue’s laborers regularly dined on luxurious cuts of prime beef, sheep, and goat meat. 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。 | 
