Did the Sphinx really fall asleep? The truth behind the Sphinx closing its eyes circulating the social media

egypt Sun, May. 15, 2022
A picture of the Sphinx with his eyes closed, spread like wildfire on social networking sites, amid the belief of some that it is true and fear of what happened to the most important and most famous statue on the planet, which is the statue of the Sphinx.



Very quickly, the pioneers of social networking sites circulated the image as true and that the Sphinx actually closed his eyes, which the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities worked to deny, stressing that "the image was fabricated and published by a person to be circulated in this way."



A large number of social media pioneers interacted between public figures, artists and stars, with the image, which caused a state of ridicule at times and a state of fear and surprise, to the extent that some believed that it was true and others came with him with great irony.