Only the Egyptians had stories of sphinxes.
Egyptian sphinxes were built to honour pharaohs.
The Great Sphinx lies in the desert near Giza.
Historians think that the Great Sphinx portrays Tutankhamun, an Egyptian king.
The Great Sphinx was made out of clay.
The Greek sphinx had the head of a woman.
A sphinx outside Thebes always asked people riddles.
Oedipus was killed because he couldn't answer the riddle.
Oedipus became king of Thebes