The Sphinx at Giza, Egypt.
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N 29° 58.518 E 031° 08.273
36R E 320343 N 3317506
The Spinx at Giza
Waymark Code: WM21X8
Location: Egypt
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member The Blue Quasar
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The largest and most famous is the Great Sphinx of Giza, sited on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River, facing due east. The face of the Great Sphinx is believed to be the head of the pharaoh Khafra (often known by the Greek version of his name, Chephren) or possibly that of his son, the Pharaoh Djedefra, which would date its construction from the fourth dynasty (2723 BC–2563 BC).

The inscription on a stele in the Great Sphinx dates it from one thousand years after the carving of the Sphinx,[1] gives three names of the sun: Kheperi - Re - Atum. The Arabic name of the Great Sphinx, Abu al-Hôl, translates as "Father of Terror". The Greek name "Sphinx" was applied to it in the Antiquity.

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Statue Name: The Spinx

Style: Egyptian

Medium: Stone

Head Type: Man

Head Namesake: Chephren

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Giza, Egypt

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