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[[File:Sphinx MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of the Sphinx, as seen in ''Mario is Missing!'']] | [[File:Sphinx MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of the Sphinx, as seen in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'']] | ||
The '''Sphinx''', more precisely called the '''[[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx of Giza]]''' (Arabic: '''أبو الهول''', ''Abū al Hūl'', Arabic for "The Terrifying One"), is a monument near [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] with the head of a human and the body of a lion. One of its most striking features is its missing nose, the reason for which is still [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza#Missing_nose|dubious]]. The ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Mario's Picross (comic)|Mario's Picross]]" implies that [[Mario]] is accountable for it. | The '''Sphinx''', more precisely called the '''[[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx of Giza]]''' (Arabic: '''أبو الهول''', ''Abū al Hūl'', Arabic for "The Terrifying One"), is a monument near [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] with the head of a human and the body of a lion. One of its most striking features is its missing nose, the reason for which is still [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza#Missing_nose|dubious]]. The ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Mario's Picross (comic)|Mario's Picross]]" implies that [[Mario]] is accountable for it. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Mario is Missing!''=== | ===''Mario is Missing!''=== | ||
The Sphinx makes its first appearance in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] in the game ''[[ | The Sphinx makes its first appearance in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] in the game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' as one of three landmarks [[Luigi]] visits is Cairo. In the game, the '''Klaft of the Sphinx''' (its hood) was stolen by [[Koopa Troopa]]s. Luigi's task is to find and return it by answering questions about the Sphinx's name, location, and appearance. The mayor of Cairo offers a prize of 1,750 [[bill|dollar]]s for the one who returns the artifact. | ||
===''Mario's Time Machine''=== | ===''Mario's Time Machine''=== | ||
In the NES version of ''[[ | In the NES version of ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', the Sphinx appears as a background object in the Egypt area of 31 BC. | ||
==="Mario's Picross"=== | ==="Mario's Picross"=== |