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Great Sphinx of Giza

location_on Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt
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About Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza generally known as the Sphinx of Giza or simply the Sphinx is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the pinnacle of a human. Facing at once from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. Cut from the bedrock, the original form of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks. It measures 73 meters long from paw to tail 20.21 m excessive from the bottom to the top of the head and 19 meters extensive at its rear haunches.

It is the oldest recognized monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been built through historical Egyptians of the Old Kingdom at some stage in the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre c. 2558 to 2532 BC. The Great Sphinx is one of the global biggest and oldest statues, but simple facts approximately it is nevertheless situation to discuss, which includes when it changed into constructed, by using whom and for what reason.

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