Did you know the Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the biggest and oldest statues in the world? It’s about 66 feet tall and 240 feet long. Built around 2,600 B.C. under Pharaoh Khafre, it’s ...

Khafre may be best known for his statues, and most famous among them is, of course, the Sphinx. Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass write of Khafre: "He was, after all, perhaps the greatest maker of ...

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural ...

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There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical ...

The next pharaoh, his brother Khafre, built a pyramid—as well as the Great Sphinx, some scholars claim—in Giza. The next generation followed the same pattern: Baufre, son of Redjedef ...

stands as the smallest of the Pyramids of Giza and was constructed by Khafre's successor to the throne, Menkaure. You are welcome to explore the pyramids and the adjacent Great Sphinx after ...

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. This is the Great Sphinx of Giza. It is chiselled from limestone and has the face of Pharaoh Khafre.