Thursday, February 26, 2015

Sphinx



The Great sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining lion a human head that stands on the giza plateau in giza on the west bank of the Nile near modern day Cairo in Egypt it is the largest monolith statue the world standing {73.5ft}metres {241ft} long 6 metres {20ft} wide and 20.22 m {66.34 ft} high . (1) it is the oldest known monumental sculpture and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of old kingdom in 2555 BC to 2532 BC.




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