The Great sphinx is a statue of a reclining; it seems as a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head.

It stands on the west bank of the Nile in

of Giza

, Egypt.

The modern Egyptian Arabic name is Abū al-Hūl (Father of Terror).

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It is the largest statue in the world, standing 73.5 meters (241 ft) long, 6 meters (20 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high.

It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom in the reign of the pharaoh Khafra, T

he Great Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC, the supposed builder of the second pyramid

of Giza

Its nose and beard was missing, which some soldiers had shot the nose off the Sphinx's head, So Nobody could speculate about who the Pharaoh was that was portrayed.