Depiction Demystification

Is it possible that sphinxes are depicted with human features in order to commemorate both the beasts and their brave riders? No. It's certain. Now what sphinxes really looked like is impossible to tell at this remove of years, but most likely they could fire blasts from their mouths.

Trend Revolution

Sux: Enchanted greaves.
Crux: Sphinx riders.

Addendum

I know it's hard, but please resist splitting into factions over whether that's the only one who speaks Egyptian or if the others all do so perfectly. The world has seen enough strife.

Big News

Did you know that one of the great spirits in the Lesser Key of Solomon speaks Egyptian, but not well? Be sure to include that detail in all your modern day occult fiction, urban or otherwise. It's our shared cultural heritage and everyone needs to know.

Halloween Sustainability

The wonks have noticed, but most people are unaware that we have simply run out of mummies. The Egyptians, impressive as the accomplishments of their alien buddies were, produced only so many. For that reason, support the upcoming initiatives to entomb everyone who has ever held national elected office using ancient techniques which inexplicably confer magical powers a few thousand years later that later generations might enjoy what our own cannot.

Addendum

I suppose alien crime-solving technologies made up for the lack, though I wonder how interested aliens who told people to build pyramids were in stopping crime. The whole thing sounds a little new age to me.

The Intersection of Art and Order

Do you think the ancient Egyptians had trouble catching criminals because their portrait artists were so bad? It couldn't have made things easier.