Sphinx dedicated to Mycerinus Found in Northern Israel

http://www.news.com.au/technology/new-sphinx-of-egyptian-king-mycerinus-unearthed-in-israel-puzzles-archaeologists/story-e6frfro0-1226676856424
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PART of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in northern Israel on Tuesday, with researchers struggling to understand just how the unexpected find ended up there.
The broken granite sphinx statue - including the paws and some of the mythical creature's forearms - displayed at Tel Hazor archaeological site in Israel's Galilee, is the first such find in the region.

Its discovery also marks the first time ever that researchers have found a statue dedicated to Egyptian ruler Mycerinus who ruled circa 2,500 BC and was builder of one of the three Giza pyramids, an expert said.

"This is the only monumental Egyptian statue ever found in the Levant - today's Israel, Lebanon, Syria," said Amnon Ben-Tor, an archaeology professor at the Hebrew University in charge of the Tel Hazor dig.

"It is also the only sphinx of this particular king known, not even in Egypt was a sphinx of that particular king found."

Mr Ben-Tor said that besides Mycerinus's name, carved in hieroglyphics between the forearms, there are symbols reading "beloved by the divine souls of Heliopolis".

"This is the temple in which the sphinx was originally placed," Mr Ben-Tor said of Heliopolis, an ancient city which lies north of today's Cairo.
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Just thought I'd test the Poll system   

It's cool! Interesting story too.