ocr: Great Sphinx, Egypt About the Great Sphinx The Great Sphinx, in the desert near Giza, was carved from an outcropping of. limestone in about 2550B.C.E.Itis about 240 feet (73 m) long and 66 feet (20 m) high. The sphinx, a mythological creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion, is a symbol ofroyal protection. The head of the Great Sphinx is pelieved to be a portrait of King Khafre, the SPHINX pharaoh for whom the monument was built.
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