Here’s Definitive Proof The Photos Of The Sphinx Covered In Snow Are Fake
Images circulating on social media Friday of a snow covered Sphinx are in fact of a miniature model at Tobu World Square theme park in Japan.
1. These two images of a snow covered Sphinx were widely shared on social media Friday.
2. The images appeared after Cairo saw its first snowstorm in many years:
3. However, the photos are actually of a miniature model featured at the Tobu World Square theme park in Japan:
4. The theme park has several replica models, including Narita Airport, the Egyptian pyramids and Versailles:
Michael Rusch is a socials editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Rusch was selected by Time as having one of the 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013.
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