❮ Giza

Great Sphinx of Giza

أبو الهول

ancient monument in Giza

#2 in Giza / #3 in Egypt

by Petar Milošević

/ CC BY-SA 4.0

The Great Sphinx of Giza is an iconic limestone statue situated on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt. Believed to have been constructed during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre around 2500 BCE, it features the body of a lion and the head of a human, thought to represent Khafre himself. The Sphinx is one of the largest and oldest monolithic statues in the world, standing approximately 66 feet tall and 240 feet long.

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