 In return, Sphinx finds more Canopic Vases over the course of the game and uses Bas-ket to send them to his undead ally.During his time in the city of Heliopolis, Sphinx learns that the god Anubis has caused great suffering to the people of the land; most prominently, he cast many of them into stone statues.Sphinx's heroic nature appeals to Anubis, and gradually allows him to free the people from their stone curse.