Great Sphinx of Giza

Giza Governorate · Egypt

Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh guards the Giza plateau beside the great pyramids. Carved during the Old Kingdom, it remains one of the largest and oldest monumental sculptures in the world.

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