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4 Ιαν 2018 · The Great Sphinx of Giza is a 4,500‑year‑old statue near Egypt's Great Pyramid. At 240 feet long and 66 feet high, it is one of the world's largest monuments.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. [1] Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. [2]
13 Σεπ 2024 · Great Sphinx of Giza, colossal limestone statue of a recumbent sphinx located in Giza, Egypt, that likely dates from the reign of King Khafre (c. 2575–c. 2465 bce) and depicts his face. It is one of Egypt’s most famous landmarks and is arguably the best-known example of sphinx art.
26 Οκτ 2016 · The Great Sphinx of Giza is more than simply a symbol of ancient and modern Egypt. It is the very embodiment of antiquity and mystery itself. Over the centuries it has fired the imaginations of poets and scientists, adventurers and travelers.
27 Ιουλ 2023 · Archaeologists believe that the Great Sphinx was built during Egypt’s Old Kingdom (circa 2575–2150 B.C.) by the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre. It is one of the world’s oldest works of...
1 Ιουν 2011 · When Napoleon arrived in Egypt in 1798 CE, he found the Sphinx without its nose. 18th century CE drawings reveal that the nose was missing long before Napoleon's arrival; one story goes that it was the victim of target practice in the Turkish period.
The Great Sphinx is a massive stone carving of a mythological creature with the head of a man and body of a lion. The sculpture sits on the west bank of the Nile in a shallow depression as part of the Giza Necropolis area. The Sphinx bears no inscriptions as to who built it or when or why.
