The Great Sphinx of Giza

THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA (Giza, Egypt)

This limestone statue of a reclining lion's body with a man's head--a symbol of mystery--has been gazing away from the Great Pyramids at Giza on an east-west line for four and a half millennia. Carved from the bedrock of the plateau, it is 240 feet long and 66 feet high. It may once have worn a long pharaonic beard and been painted bright colors.

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(Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons; CTTO)