人盖二十年。古时候人对修坟可真有耐心，小文你记得爸爸跟你谈过的印度那座大坟tajmahal吗？那坟也盖了二十多年才盖好。

金字塔前面的狮身人面像，叫sphinx（the“strangler”）。最有名的sphinx故事是叫人猜谜语的故事。

谜语是：什么东西又四只脚又两只脚又三只脚？

后来oedipus猜出来了。（sphinx,ingreekmythology,awingedmonsterwiththebodyofalionandtheheadandbreastofawoman.accordingtothemyth,thesphinxdestroyedthepassersbyfromthegreekcityofthebeswhentheyfailedtoguessherriddle：“whatisfour-footedinthemorning,two-footedatnoon,three-footedintheevening?”oedipussolvedtheriddlebyreplying：“man,whoinchildhoodcreepsonhandsandknees,inmanhoodwalkserect,andinoldageusesastaff.”thesphinx,hearingthis,threwherselffromarockandperished,andoedipusthusbecametheliberatorofthebesandwasmadeitsking.）

法老们不用金字塔以后，开始在地底下挖坟。一九二二年，考古学家howardcarter（anenglisharchaeologist,specializedinex