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 , Egypt.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture
  • Also known as: “Abū al Hawl”, “Den store sfinksen i Giza”, “Egipto sfinksai”, “Egipto sfinksas”, “Esfinge de Giza”, “Gizan suuri sfinksi”, “Gran Esfinx”, “Gran Esfinx de Gizeh”, “Grand sphinx”, “Grand Sphinx de Gizeh”, “Grande Esfinge”, “Great Sphinx of Giza”, “Großer Sphinx von Gizeh”, “Her-Em-Akhet”, “L’esfinx de Giza”, “Sfiks fan Gizeh”, “Sfinks”, “Sfinksen”, “Sfinksen i Gizeh”, “Sfinkso de Gizo”, “Sfinx van Giza”, “Sfinxen i Gisa”, “Sfinxen i Gizeh”, “Sfinxinn”, “Sfinxul din Gizeh”, “Sphinx Agung Giza”, “Sphinxen i Giza”, “Sphinxen i Gizeh”, “Suur sfinks”, “Suuri sfinksi”, “The Great Sphinx”, “Velika sfinga”, “Velika Sfinga”, “velika sfinga v Gizi”, “Velká Sfinga”, “Velká Sfinga v Gize”, “Μεγάλη Σφίγγα”, “Μεγάλη Σφίγγα της Γκίζα”, “Σφίγγα της Γκίζα”, “Велика сфинга”, “Великий Сфинкс”, “Големият сфинкс”, “Сфинкс в Гизе”, “Сфинксът в Гиза”, “გიზის სფინქსი”, “הספינקס”, “הספינקס בגיזה”, “הספינקס הגדול בגיזה”, “הספינקס של גיזה”, “أبو الهول العظيم في الجيزه”, “கீசாவின் பெரிய ஸ்ஃபிங்ஸ்”, “เกรตสฟิงซ์”, “스핑크스”, “ギザのスフィンクス”, “人面狮身像”, “人面獅身像”, “吉薩獅身人面像”, “大スフィンクス”, and “斯芬克斯像”
  • Address: الجيزة
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sphinx Stele and Pyramid of Kheops.

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The Dream Stele, also called the …

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the… is situated 540 metres northwest of Great Sphinx.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . is situated 7 km north of Great Sphinx.

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Great Sphinx

Latitude
29.97528° or 29° 58′ 31″ north
Longitude
31.1376° or 31° 8′ 15″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
7GXHX4GQ+42
Open­Street­Map ID
way 540058405
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­sphinx
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
362903
Wiki­data ID
Q130958
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Great Sphinx” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Sfinks van Giza”
  • Amharic: “የጊዛ ታላቅ እስፊንክስ”
  • Arabic: “أبو الهول”
  • Arabic: “ابو الهول”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ սֆինքս”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Սֆինքս”
  • Assamese: “স্ফিংছ”
  • Asturian: “Gran Esfinxe de Guiza”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Sfinks”
  • Bashkir: “Ҙур сфинкс”
  • Basque: “Gizako Esfinge Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Сфінкс”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Сьфінкс”
  • Bosnian: “Velika Sfinga u Gizi”
  • Breton: “Sfiñs Gizah”
  • Bulgarian: “Големият сфинкс в Гиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям сфинкс в Гиза”
  • Catalan: “Esfinx de Giza”
  • Catalan: “Esfinx de Guiza”
  • Cebuano: “Sphinx”
  • Chechen: “Джизан Йоккха Сфинкс”
  • Chinese: “狮身人面像”
  • Chinese: “獅身人面像”
  • Church Slavic: “Большой сфинкс”
  • Chuvash: “Мăн Сфинкс”
  • Croatian: “Velika sfinga u Gizi”
  • Czech: “Velká sfinga v Gíze”
  • Danish: “Sfinksen i Giza”
  • Dutch: “Sfinx van Gizeh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو الهول”
  • Esperanto: “Granda sfinkso en Gizo”
  • Esperanto: “Sfinkso”
  • Estonian: “Chephreni sfinks”
  • Finnish: “Gizan sfinksi”
  • French: “Sphinx de Gizeh”
  • French: “Sphinx”
  • Galician: “Grande Esfinxe de Giza”
  • Galician: “Grande Esfinxe de Gizeh”
  • Georgian: “დიდი სფინქსი”
  • German: “Grosse Sphinx von Gizeh”
  • German: “Große Sphinx von Gizeh”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλη Σφίγγα της Γκίζας”
  • Hebrew: “הספינקס הגדול של גיזה”
  • Hindi: “गीज़ा का महान स्फिंक्स”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy szfinx”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy Szfinx”
  • Icelandic: “Sfinxinn í Gíza”
  • Igbo: “Nnukwu Sphinx”
  • Indonesian: “Sfinks Agung Giza”
  • Irish: “An Sfioncs Mór”
  • Italian: “Grande Sfinge di Giza”
  • Italian: “Sfinge di Giza”
  • Japanese: “ギザの大スフィンクス”
  • Javanese: “Sfinks Agung Giza”
  • Komering: “Sphinx Giza”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Ыджыт Сфинкс”
  • Korean: “기자의 대스핑크스”
  • Latin: “Magna Sphinx Gizensis”
  • Latvian: “Lielā Sfinksa”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Gizos sfinksas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grouss Sphinx vu Gizeh”
  • Malay: “Sfinks Agung Giza”
  • Malayalam: “ഗിസയിലെ ബൃഹത് സ്ഫിങ്ക്സ്”
  • Mongolian: “гиза ба сфинкс”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sfinksen i Giza”
  • Norwegian: “Sfinksen i Giza”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gran Esfinx de Giza”
  • Ossetian: “Гизæйы Егъау Сфинкс”
  • Persian: “ابوالهول بزرگ جیزه”
  • Polish: “Wielki Sfinks”
  • Portuguese: “Esfinge de Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Esfinge de Guizé”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Esfinge de Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Esfínge de Gizé”
  • Romanian: “Marele Sfinx de la Giza”
  • Romanian: “Sfinxul”
  • Russian: “Большой сфинкс”
  • Russian: “Большой Сфинкс”
  • Russian: “Сфинкс”
  • Saraiki: “ابو الہول”
  • Serbian: “Velika sfinga u Gizi”
  • Serbian: “Велика сфинга у Гизи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika sfinga u Gizi”
  • Slovak: “Veľká sfinga”
  • Slovenian: “Sfinga”
  • Slovenian: “Velika sfinga v Gizi”
  • Spanish: “Gran Esfinge de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gran Esfinge de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “la Esfinge”
  • Swedish: “Sfinxen i Giza”
  • Swedish: “Sfinxen”
  • Tamil: “கீசாவின் பெரிய ஸ்பிங்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Зур сфинкс”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ స్ఫింక్స్ ఆఫ్ గిజా”
  • Thai: “มหาสฟิงซ์”
  • Tibetan: “སི་ཧྥུན་ཁོ་སི།”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Gize Sfenksi”
  • Twi: “Sphinx”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Сфінкс”
  • Urdu: “ابو الہول عظیم”
  • Uzbek: “Katta sfinks”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng Nhân sư lớn ở Giza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga Espinghe han Giza”
  • Welsh: “Y Sffincs Mawr”
  • Western Armenian: “Կիզէի Սփինքսը”
  • Western Frisian: “Sfinks fan Giza”
  • Western Frisian: “Sfinks fan Gizeh”
  • Wu Chinese: “狮身人面像”
  • Yue Chinese: “獅身人面像”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Central field of Mastabas and rock cut tombs and Kobri Abo Taleb Area.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Point of Horus and The Great Sphinx.

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