The nose was cut off by an Arab in the 15th century. Napoleon's soldiers also took some shots at the head. It's fallen beard is on display in London's British Museum.
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According to a recent investigation, the Sphinx probably portrays pharaoh Khafre. Though judging from the cheeckbones, I think it looks more like a woman.
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The Sphinx owes it's name to the ancient Greeks, for who it resembled a mythical winged monster with a woman's head and lion's body, killing anyone who was unable to answer it's riddles... (Now a days that job it strictly reserved to the local camel owners and hasslers.)
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Very original shot of the Sphinx... To the left the smaller pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus) and right again the Khafre pyramid.
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Burried on and off uptill it's neck in sand for 4500 years, the Sphinx was finally cleared again to reveal a lion's body in 1926.
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Hieroglyphs locked and hidden away somewhere on the pyramid site to prevent tourist from discovering too much.
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A closer look into the lower chamber of the tomb.
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"Very big, very old" (Camel owner, 1999 - quote from the Lonely Planet) This one hasn't any top layer left.
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(Chephren pyramid) Personally, I prefer this pyramid over the Khufu one, although is a bit smaller (only 60cm or so). The white area on the top used to be part the smooth top layer, which covered the whole pyramid ones.
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UFO landing on top of the pyramid.
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Note the hole in the front: the entrance.
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