Great Sphinx
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a resting sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. The monument was sculpted from the limestone bedrock of the Eocene-aged Mokattam Formation and faces east on the Giza Plateau, on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt.
- Work of art
- …is a statue
- …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
- Description: ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture
- Address: الجيزة
- Also known as“Abū al Hawl”“Great Sphinx of Giza”“Sphinx”“The Great Sphinx”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sphinx Stele and Pyramid of Kheops.
Pyramid of Kheops
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the… Pyramid of Kheops is situated 540 metres northwest of Great Sphinx.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi is a neighborhood.
Great Sphinx
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Latitude
29.97528° or 29° 58′ 31″ north
Longitude
31.1376° or 31° 8′ 15″ east
Open location code
7GXHX4GQ+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=sphinx
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Great Sphinx” goes by many names.
Groot Sfinks van GizaAfrikaans
የጊዛ ታላቅ እስፊንክስAmharic
أبو الهول العظيم في الجيزهArabic
ابو الهولArabic
Մեծ ՍֆինքսArmenian
স্ফিংছAssamese
Gran Esfinxe de GuizaAsturian
Böyük SfinksAzerbaijani
SfinksAzerbaijani
Ҙур сфинксBashkir
Gizako Esfinge HandiaBasque
Вялікі СфінксBelarusian
Вялікі СьфінксBelarusian
Velika Sfinga u GiziBosnian
Sfiñs GizahBreton
Големият сфинксBulgarian
Големият сфинкс в ГизаBulgarian
Голям сфинкс в ГизаBulgarian
СфинксBulgarian
Сфинксът в ГизаBulgarian
Esfinx de GizaCatalan
Esfinx de GuizaCatalan
Gran EsfinxCatalan
Gran Esfinx de GizehCatalan
L’esfinx de GizaCatalan
SphinxCebuano
Джизан Йоккха СфинксChechen
人面狮身像Chinese
人面獅身像Chinese
吉薩獅身人面像Chinese
斯芬克斯像Chinese
狮身人面像Chinese
獅身人面像Chinese
Большой сфинксChurch Slavic
Мăн СфинксChuvash
Velika sfinga u GiziCroatian
Velká SfingaCzech
Velká sfinga v GízeCzech
Sfinksen i GizaDanish
Sfinksen i GizehDanish
Sphinxen i GizehDanish
Sfinx van GizaDutch
Sfinx van GizehDutch
ابو الهولEgyptian Arabic
Granda sfinkso en GizoEsperanto
SfinksoEsperanto
Sfinkso de GizoEsperanto
Chephreni sfinksEstonian
Suur sfinksEstonian
Gizan sfinksiFinnish
Gizan suuri sfinksiFinnish
Her-Em-AkhetFinnish
Suuri sfinksiFinnish
Grande Esfinxe de GizaGalician
Grande Esfinxe de GizehGalician
გიზის სფინქსიGeorgian
დიდი სფინქსიGeorgian
Μεγάλη ΣφίγγαGreek
Μεγάλη Σφίγγα της ΓκίζαGreek
Μεγάλη Σφίγγα της ΓκίζαςGreek
Σφίγγα της ΓκίζαGreek
הספינקסHebrew
הספינקס בגיזהHebrew
הספינקס הגדול בגיזהHebrew
הספינקס הגדול של גיזהHebrew
הספינקס של גיזהHebrew
गीज़ा का महान स्फिंक्सHindi
Nagy SzfinxHungarian
SfinxinnIcelandic
Sfinxinn í GízaIcelandic
Nnukwu SphinxIgbo
Sfinks Agung GizaIndonesian
Sphinx Agung GizaIndonesian
An Sfioncs MórIrish
Grande Sfinge di GizaItalian
Sfinge di GizaItalian
ギザのスフィンクスJapanese
ギザの大スフィンクスJapanese
大スフィンクスJapanese
Sfinks Agung GizaJavanese
Sphinx GizaKomering
Ыджыт СфинксKomi-Permyak
기자의 대스핑크스Korean
스핑크스Korean
Magna Sphinx GizensisLatin
Lielā SfinksaLatvian
Didysis Gizos sfinksasLithuanian
Egipto sfinksaiLithuanian
Egipto sfinksasLithuanian
Grouss Sphinx vu GizehLuxembourgish
Sfinks Agung GizaMalay
ഗിസയിലെ ബൃഹത് സ്ഫിങ്ക്സ്Malayalam
гиза ба сфинксMongolian
Sfinksen i GizaNorwegian
Den store sfinksen i GizaNorwegian Bokmål
SfinksenNorwegian Bokmål
Sfinksen i GizaNorwegian Bokmål
Sfinksen i GizehNorwegian Bokmål
SfinxenNorwegian Bokmål
Sfinxen i GizaNorwegian Bokmål
Sfinxen i GizehNorwegian Bokmål
Sphinxen i GizaNorwegian Bokmål
Gran Esfinx de GizaOccitan (post 1500)
Гизæйы Егъау СфинксOssetian
ابوالهول بزرگ جیزهPersian
Wielki SfinksPolish
Marele Sfinx de la GizaRomanian
SfinxulRomanian
Sfinxul din GizehRomanian
Большой сфинксRussian
Великий СфинксRussian
СфинксRussian
Сфинкс в ГизеRussian
ابو الہولSaraiki
Velika sfinga u GiziSerbian
Велика сфингаSerbian
Велика сфинга у ГизиSerbian
Velika SfingaSerbo-Croatian
Velika sfinga u GiziSerbo-Croatian
Veľká sfingaSlovak
SfingaSlovenian
Velika sfingaSlovenian
Velika sfinga v GiziSlovenian
SfinxenSwedish
Sfinxen i GisaSwedish
Sfinxen i GizaSwedish
கீசாவின் பெரிய ஸ்ஃபிங்ஸ்Tamil
கீசாவின் பெரிய ஸ்பிங்ஸ்Tamil
Зур сфинксTatar
గ్రేట్ స్ఫింక్స్ ఆఫ్ గిజాTelugu
เกรตสฟิงซ์Thai
มหาสฟิงซ์Thai
སི་ཧྥུན་ཁོ་སི།Tibetan
Büyük Gize SfenksiTurkish
SphinxTwi
Великий СфінксUkrainian
ابو الہول عظیمUrdu
Katta sfinksUzbek
Tượng Nhân sư lớn ở GizaVietnamese
Dungganan nga Espinghe han GizaWaray (Philippines)
Y Sffincs MawrWelsh
Կիզէի ՍփինքսըWestern Armenian
Sfiks fan GizehWestern Frisian
Sfinks fan GizaWestern Frisian
Sfinks fan GizehWestern Frisian
狮身人面像Wu Chinese
獅身人面像Yue Chinese
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