The Sphinx

The Sphinx Is on of the famous Legends all over the world, It was dedicated to King khafre at the 4th Dynasty, located at the entrance "the valley temple" to guard the Pyramids of Giza and the mysterious monuments inside them.

The Sphinx is truly a mysterious marvel from the days of ancient Egypt, Carved from the bedrock of the Giza plateau, Standing 73.5 meters long, 1903 meters wide and 20.22 height, its body of a lion with the head of a king or god, the sphinx is symbolize to strength and wisdom.

In between the paws of the Sphinx is a stelae, now called the "Dream stelae", which is inscribed with a story. The 18th Dynasty story tells that Thutmose IV fell asleep under the Sphinx which was covered to the neck in sand. Thutmose had a dream that the Sphinx spoke to him and promised that if he would free the Sphinx from the sand, Thutmosis would become king of Egypt, don’t miss to snap dazzling photos at the Sphinx. 

Head out to the valley temple through a causeway, this valley temple built of huge core blocks sheathed in red granite,The floor of the temple is made of Alabaster the same of the walls of some smaller chambers, There are two entrances on the eastern wall where you will find the places of Khafre statues, it was already stolen,

An entrance in the center of the western wall leads to a T-shaped hall which has 23 statue bases and had 16 square red granite pillars, which supported the roof.

The Sphinx was painted and colored before, but the nose and beard have been broken away. It is often mistakenly said that the nose was broken by Napoleon's men, but the 18th century drawings reveal that the nose was missing before Napoleon's arrival.