Sphinx (Romania)

It is located at an altitude of 2,216 metres (7,270 ft) within the Babele complex of rock formations.

It only acquired its nickname, referring to the Great Sphinx of Giza, in the year 1936.

The image of the sphinx appears when the rock, having an 8 m height and a 12 m width, is observed from a certain angle.

[1][2] The Sphinx features in the 1967 film The Dacians, in which it is a place of sacrifice to the god Zalmoxis.

It also plays a significant role in the 1980 film Burebista, in which it is equated with the eponymous ancient Dacian king and the eternity of Romanian identity.