The Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the largest sculptures in the world sizing in at 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) tall. The sculpture depicts a lions body with a human face wearing a royal headdress. Scholars have not been able to pinpoint an exact date to know who it belongs to, but they do agree that the face being depicted is that Khufu the original pyramid builder. According to Britannica "The statue was carved from a single piece of limestone, and pigment residue suggests that the entire Great Sphinx was painted. According to some estimates, it would have taken about three years for 100 workers, using stone hammers and copper chisels, to finish the statue."(3) This site is historically significant because it was built sometime around 2575 BC and still today towers as one of the largest sculptures in the world.