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Title: Great Sphinx of Giza Authors: Venue: Wikipedia Year: unknown Canonical: wiki:great-sphinx-of-giza URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza Collector: wikipedia OA: true ABSTRACT 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. The oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt, the Sphinx is part of the Memphite Necropolis and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.