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Paul Rogers and Keith Baxter in a production of Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth, a key influence for "The Riddle of the Sphinx". Pemberton had long been a fan of cryptic crosswords, and he was inspired to develop the episode by reading Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, a non-fiction book by Alan Connor.
The site has been listed as endangered since 2001 because the rising water table is decreasing the stability of the clay-based soils, resulting in threats to structural integrity of the monuments. [13] [6] Saint Catherine Area: South Sinai: 2002 954; i, iii, iv, vi (cultural)
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. [1] Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. [2]
A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.
Shechtman's memoir The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle was published on March 5, 2024. [6] In this, she discussed how some of her puzzles have been caught in "culture war" controversy, especially over what kinds of facts and figures are considered puzzle worthy.
From north to south: parts of the city of Giza, the Giza Necropolis, and part of the Giza plateau. The Giza Plateau (Arabic: هضبة الجيزة) is a limestone plateau in Giza, Egypt, the site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza pyramid complex, which includes the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.
Sphinx; Pyramid – a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt Statuary – pharaonic and non-pharaonic. (Range of sizes.) Amulets – numerous, (and predynastic). Stele. Boundary Stele – placed at boundaries.
Anacrostic may be the most accurate term used, and hence most common, as it is a portmanteau of anagram and acrostic, referencing the fact that the solution is an anagram of the clue answers, and the author of the quote is hidden in the clue answers acrostically.