![]() The Great Sphinx of Giza 
      a statue of a reclining lion with a human head. It stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile near Cairo in Egypt. It is the largest monolith statue in the world standing 73.5m ( 241ft ) long, 6m ( 20ft ) wide and 20m ( 65ft ) high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture and is believed to have been built by the ancient Egyptians in the third millennium BCE.  | 
    
![]() The Sphinx in Giza 
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![]() The Sphinx in Giza 
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