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Great Sphinx

ViewView from SSE, quasi-total with pyramid of Khufu (face in profile)
SiteGiza
LocationEgypt
Date2550-2525 BC
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodEgyptian Old Kingdom Period
Materialsandstone
Dimensions20x28.5 m
Saskia No.Jea-0017
SourceCunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 6th ed., chapter 1, plate 4
 Gardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 3, plate 11
 Gilbert, Living with Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 10
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 3, plate 14
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 3, plate 15
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., plate 1
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 28