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The most enigmatic of sculptures, the Sphinx was carved from a single block of limestone left over in the quarry used to build the Pyramids. Scholars believe it was sculpted about 4,600 years ago by the pharaoh Khafre, whose Pyramid rises directly behind it and whose face [...]

The pyramids on the Giza Plateau near Cairo. At far right is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), in the middle and closer is the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren), and on left is the smallest of the three major Giza pyramids – that of Menkaure (Mycerinus). Three small subsidiary pyramids are at the extreme left. [...]

Ancient Egypt pictures
Pictures of the pyramids and sphinx

The sphinx and pyramids of Giza
Step pyramid of Sakkara
The three pyramids of Giza

Entrance of the great pyramid of Giza
The sphinx
The Medom pyramid

Giza pyramids soaring above the city of Cairo, Egypt
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The Great Pyramid is the most substantial ancient structure in the world – and the most mysterious. According to prevailing archaeological theory – and there is absolutely no evidence to confirm this idea – the three pyramids on the Giza plateau are funerary structures [...]