the great sphinx statue |
the sphinx statue,
the huge statue "Sphinx" was carved by the king khafre and looks as follows:
- its body as a lion and face as human ,close to the pyramids.
- since roughly 4500 year in most of the time it was buried up to his neck in the sand, and that protected it against the vicissitudes of time.
- its length is 48 meters. -
- Since its discovery in modern ages turned Sphinx prey to the wind,water and human because the limestone that the statue was carved of it eroded by groundwater and the sandy wind.
- this Pharaonic statue subjected to several restoration operations.
- its body as a lion and face as human ,close to the pyramids.
- since roughly 4500 year in most of the time it was buried up to his neck in the sand, and that protected it against the vicissitudes of time.
- its length is 48 meters. -
- Since its discovery in modern ages turned Sphinx prey to the wind,water and human because the limestone that the statue was carved of it eroded by groundwater and the sandy wind.
- this Pharaonic statue subjected to several restoration operations.
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