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Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.
Sphinx fm Temple EG051007JHP The Sphinx Giza Cairo Egypt Temple Valley Khafre Pyramid Blocks Eroded, somewhat of an enigma, but most likely carved out of an outcrop as an inspirational homage to the Pharaoh Khafre some 2500BC whose pyramid is directly behind it, although some attribute it to the previous Khufu who built the first and Greatest Pyramid. This huge prone lion figure with a human face faces the east to the rising sun and the modern day Cairo and is a very popular destination for the thousands that visit the Giza plateau viewed from between the Valley Temple and the Sphinx's own temple exterior walls. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Gizah, Sphinx, pyramid, Khafre, Chephren, soft, erosion, limestone, Temple, causeway, landscape, lion, face, nemes, headdress, enclosure, conservation, repairs, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
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Sphinx fm Temple EG051007JHP
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 07:07:18
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The Sphinx Giza Cairo Egypt Temple Valley Khafre Pyramid Blocks

Eroded, somewhat of an enigma, but most likely carved out of an outcrop as an inspirational homage to the Pharaoh Khafre some 2500BC whose pyramid is directly behind it, although some attribute it to the previous Khufu who built the first and Greatest Pyramid. This huge prone lion figure with a human face faces the east to the rising sun and the modern day Cairo and is a very popular destination for the thousands that visit the Giza plateau viewed from between the Valley Temple and the Sphinx's own temple exterior walls.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Gizah, Sphinx, pyramid, Khafre, Chephren, soft, erosion, limestone, Temple, causeway, landscape, lion, face, nemes, headdress, enclosure, conservation, repairs, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient