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The Great Sphinx of Giza. limestone statue of a reclining sphinx. a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. 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 is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. Cut from the bedrock. (approx. 2558–2532 BC).
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The Great Sphinx of Giza. limestone statue of a reclining sphinx. a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. 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 is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. Cut from the bedrock. (approx. 2558–2532 BC).
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size:
5100 x 3399 px | 49.6 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 28.8 cm | 17.0 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANIMAL: LION • CREATURE • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN ART • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • FACE • GIZA • GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • KHAFRE • LEO • LEON • LIMESTONE • LION • LIONS • LUXOR • MYTHICAL • PERSON • PHARAOH • RECLINING • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SPHINX • STATUE • STATUES • TEBAS • THÈBES • VISAGE
