Sphinx At Giza photo copyrighted by: Jim Zuckerman The Sphinx is oriented due east, facing the rising sun, near the 30th parallel and may well be the oldest monument on the Giza Plateau since long-term water weathering has been found in the great pit in which it lays. The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex.
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