The Great Pyramid and Sphinx, Giza

Believed to have been built about 2500 B.C., the Sphinx is the world's oldest known monumental sculpture. The part human, part lion figure was once buried up to its neck in sand but was fully excavated in the 20th century. The tourists followed.

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