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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]
English: 19th century painting of Sphinx of Giza, partly under sand, with two pyramids in the background. Français : Représentation du XIX e siècle montrant le Sphinx de Gizeh , partiellement enterré dans le sable, avec deux pyramides en arrière plan.
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The Great Sphinx remains one of the world’s biggest mysteries, but a new study suggests that wind could have had a bigger hand in shaping it than originally thought. Scientists offer evidence to ...
Original - The Great Sphinx, albumen print created between 1867 and 1899 with the sphinx partially excavated. Reason For thousands of years the Great Sphinx of Giza was partially buried by desert sands. Excavation began with Napoleon in the early nineteenth century and continued into the twentieth century.