The Great Pyramids

Wonders of the World. Today it is the only one of those wonders still in existence. The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head that stands on the Giza Plateau in front of the Pyramid of Khafre. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 240 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 66 feet high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the third millennium BCE. From: timvp.com ... pyramids ...
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