[SunkenCiv]

from one of the more solid edges of the fringe...

On the Sphinx
Alan F. Alford
http://www.eridu.co.uk/Author/Indexed_Quotations/Sphinx/sphinx.html

[bwteim]

Thanks for the link. From the site:

'The Great Sphinx is much less lion-like than generally assumed, and appears to be a dog-cat-human hybrid.'