— 왕비마마 (@BlackNerdJade) July 28, 2014 Now, it’s not clear whether this is actually the Great Sphinx of Giza, or even a sphinx statue at all. It may well just be a head.

Eat your heart out, Oedipus. An ancient temple in southern Egypt yielded a smiling, Sphinx-like statue amid the remnants of a shrine, the country’s Antiquities Ministry announced Monday. Arch… ...

While it was never recovered, a detailed drawing of the sphinx remained. In the drawing, the inscription — composed of a handful of characters — can be seen on the base of the statue.