The Sphinx (Khafre Monument)

The Sphinx

The great notable structure on the Giza plateau is the Sphinx  the great half lion, half man statue that is situated to the east of the pyramid connected with Khafre. 

Its head faces due eastern and it is the largest monolith statue in the world. It is 73 ms long, 19 metres  wide, and  20 metres high. A long  causeway continues between the Valley  Temple which is SE of the Sphinx to a temple directly in front of the pyramid connected  with Khafre. In look of the Sphinx itself to its east is the Sphinx Temple.

The Funerary Temple of Khafre at Giza

Funerary Temple of Khafre at Giza

The funerary Temple of Khafre at Giza is best saved example of Old Kingdom layout. Huge stops make up the tample, about 13 metre long. Flanking the temple are boat pits, but no boats. Nearly 400 thousand causeway to the valley temple which broken in 1852. The limestone presented with Re Aswan granite.

Pyramid of Khafre at Giza

Pyramid of Khafre at Giza

Egypt is home to as many as 100 pyramids and the outstanding and famous of them all are the Pyramids of Giza. It is hard to imagine the close proximity of these historic social structures to the city of Cairo. After awakened up this morning to the constant hum of activity created by a city of or so 20 million people, we prepared ourselves for a day of cultural and historical risk. We drove 30 minutes South East and rapidly went far at the historic place that was nestled in the heavy city suburb of Giza. The size and the reach of the legendary stone mausoleums, which were constructed for the Kings and Queens of Egypt, were impressive. To me, the Nearly worrying of all the pyramids were the Pyramids of Giza, which comprise of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure. These ancient social organisations are the last continuing of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Inside the Pyramid of Khafre

The Pyramid of Khafre was built for King Khafre of the 4th Dynasty, who was one of the replacements of Khufu. As I glanced up from the bad of the pyramid at the top it felt as though I was looking at the jagged flowers of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Range. In this representative, however, it was men who used basic tools to build this mountain of cut gem in an otherwise bare landscape.