Category:Great Sphinx of Giza
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Articles relating to the Great Sphinx of Giza and its depictions. It is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human, and the body of a lion. 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.
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- Buildings and structures completed in the 27th century BC
- Colossal statues in Egypt
- Giza pyramid complex
- Khafre
- Limestone statues
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- Sculptures of lions
- Sphinxes
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