ART0CTWSZHE0B7D·Artifact · object
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza: photograph
About 73 m long and 20 m high, cut from Members I to III of the Mokattam Formation. The nose was lost before the fifteenth century; al-Maqrizi blamed a Sufi iconoclast in 1378. The body was cleared and repaired many times, so the original carved surface is visible only in places beneath the cladding.
MusikAnimal. CC BY-SA 3.0
Copies 6
MapUlrich Kapp for the ARCE Sphinx Project · opencontext.org · 1979/1983 · CC-BY-4.0Primary source: ARCE Sphinx Project 1979-1983 Archive (Open Context)1 step from the original
ModelGiza Project at Harvard University · giza.digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu · non-commercial with citationPrimary source: 3D model of the Sphinx (primary model), GPH_3D_Sphinx2 steps from the original
ModelSupreme Council of Antiquities with Mubarak City for Scientific Research · maptek.com · 2010~ · not released1 step from the original
PhotographMusikAnimal · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original
PhotographMark Lehner · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original
PhotographMark Lehner · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original
Where it was made
The Great Sphinx · Rock-cut statue
Sources 1
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Great Sphinx of Giza [Artifact ART0CTWSZHE0B7D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTWSZHE0B7D
@misc{mysteriesdept_art0ctwszhe0b7d,
title = {The Great Sphinx of Giza},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0CTWSZHE0B7D},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTWSZHE0B7D}
}