The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large sculpture on the west bank of the Nile River. The Great Sphinx is not a true sphinx; it is the head of King Chephren with a crouching body. It was built in the Fourth Dynasty (2723 BCE-2563 BCE) and it measures 157 feet long, 20 feet wide and 66 feet high.


The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt

See also: Sphinx, Great Pyramid of Giza