The Great Sphinx is an enormous monument made out of limestone that resembles the body of a lion and the head of a man. It was built by Egyptian slaves about forty hundred years ago during the reign of King Chephren. It is over two hundred forty feet long (almost the length of a football field) and sixty six feet high.
The Great Sphinx stands in front of three great pyramids, named for the Pharaoh's who had built them, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus their Greek names, but in the old Egyptian language they were called Khuphu, Khaphra, and Menkaure. They were father, son and grandson.…
