{"product_id":"sphinx-guardian-of-time-ben-van-kerkwyk-9798232087951","title":"Sphinx, Guardian of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor thousands of years, the colossal figure of the Sphinx at Giza has stared into sunrise and myth alike, guarding a horizon of history, power, and enigma. \u003cem\u003eSPHINX: Guardian of Time\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how this lion-bodied, human-faced sentinel was never simply a statue of a king-it was a celestial marker, a geological palimpsest, and a threshold guardian between worlds. From the quarry-hewn bedrock of the Giza Plateau to the rhythm of precessing stars, this book traces how the Sphinx watched empires rise and fall, storms erode stone, and civilizations attempt to decipher its vigil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis journey dives deep into the Sphinx's layered identity: as a pharaonic symbol of kingship and solar power, as an astronomical monument aligned with ancient cycles, as an archaeological riddle defying simple explanation, and as a philosophical metaphor for time itself. With detailed analysis of architecture, geology, temple ritual, mythic narrative, and modern scholarship, the book explores how the Sphinx anchors entire world-views in stone-and how it still challenges what we believe history can tell us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential for lovers of ancient Egypt, symbolism, deep time, and the mysteries of human origin, \u003cem\u003eSPHINX: Guardian of Time\u003c\/em\u003e offers more than another history-it offers a mirror. As we stand before the Sphinx in our age of change and uncertainty, it still gazes back, asking the same question: What survives? In a world buried under sand, stone, and time, the Sphinx remains the guardian of more than tombs-she guards our understanding of the past, and our place within the endless flow of ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Van Kerkwyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232087951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Van Kerkwyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Ben Van Kerkwyk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965562568959,"sku":"9798232087951","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9346802-4c2a-4c1b-aa13-20402ae146fd.jpg?v=1767281384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sphinx-guardian-of-time-ben-van-kerkwyk-9798232087951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}