Description • The Sphinx is believed to be a depiction of King Khafre wearing the royal nemes headdress affixed to a lion's body.
• Part of the Sphinx's beard is on display in the British Museum in London.
• For much of its life, it was buried in sand which helped preserve it against erosion by wind-blown sand.
• It is a national symbol of Egypt and is one of the world's most famous monuments, it's face is four metres (13 feet) in width, missing the nose among others features.
• The base was carved from a natural limestone outcrop at around the time of the construction of the Pyramid of Khephren (Khafre), circa 2,555 to 2,532 BC, the Sphinx though could be far older.
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