Question: What is the Sphinx?
Leaving aside the various Mythologies; there is one interesting theory that catches the imagination of thinkers.
There is a “factor” which links to a process called “Precession of the Equinoxes”.
Google definition; The precession of the Equinoxes is a gradual rotation of the stars around the ecliptic axis, which takes around 26,000 years to complete one revolution. It's caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on Earth's equatorial bulge, which makes the Earth's axis move in relation to inertial space.
Scientific explanation: Precession of the Equinoxes
The precession of the Equinoxes (sometimes simply called precession), is a movement of the celestial equator, the projection of the Earth's equator into space, with respect to the fixed stars and the ecliptic, the path of the Sun's motion in space as viewed from the Earth . These two great circles in space are inclined to one another by an angle of approximately 23.5°, called the obliquity. Their intersection defines the Equinox. The equator moves from east to west—in the same direction as the daily motion of the Sun—at a rate of about 50.°2 per year.
Ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus (c. 166–125 BC) discovered precession when he compared positions of stars for his epoch with observations made 150 years earlier by ancient Greek astronomer and philosopher Timocharis of Alexandria (c. 320–260 BC). Hipparchus determined that the precession was at least 36˝ per year and probably in the range 45 to 46˝, close to the modern value (although the value is not the same in all parts of the sky).
Although precession was discovered in antiquity, its cause was unexplained until formulated in the seventeenth century. In his Principia Mathematica, English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton (1643– 1727) demonstrated that precession results from the non-spherical shape of Earth. Consider the motion of another non-spherical object, a spinning top. If the top were not spinning, but merely balanced on its axis, a slight push would topple it over because the gravitational pull on one side would exceed that on the other. However, with the top spinning, the force generated by the spin prevents the top from falling, moving it in a direction perpendicular to the line of gravitational pull. The top’s axis, then, processes, and it traces a cone in space.
Regarding its original function; there is no definite data; but it has been observed that in its full completion of rotation (i.e. start and finish point) the Sphinx faces 26,000 years approx., in the direction of its gaze; which is the Datum Point.
The various comments and theories re. the fact that the observed night sky changes with each change of the segments; has given food to various unproven uses, including “fortune telling”, due to the fact of the different Celestial Bodies in each Segment, which represents according to “interpretation” good or bad fortune! That is after the original information (placed by Almighty God according to respected sources), was changed to facilitate such use by Nimrud's Mother for her “fortune telling” use!
There seems to be a strong link to the “Tower of Babel”, and the Original Zodiac, which as mentioned Nimrud's mother changed into the “Fortune telling tool”; as a copy was installed in Deandrea in Egypt for the same purpose!
So; whatever the original motivation for the Sphinx formation, I.E. Religious pagan worship such as Sun Worship etc.; or interpretation of God’s pending actions; one factor which seems to have substance is its age, which seems to be approx. 2–3000 years older than the Great Pyramids.
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