The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza
The view of the sphinx and the pyramid of giza, taken during a daytrip to cairo. This was my favourite view of the sphinx as the pyramid makes the perfect backdrop.
The Great Sphinx is one of the world’s largest and oldest statues and is believed to represent the likeness of King Khafra who was buried in the pyramid which sits directly behind the Sphinx. This would mean that the sphinx was built between 2520 and 2494BC
Many egyptologists believe the sphinx was carved to disguise a large immovable rock which was obstructing the view of the pyramid.
The pyramid you can see in the background of the picture is the Pyramid of Khufu ( Also known as "The Great Pyramid" or the "Pyramid of Cheops" . This is the oldest and largest of the Pyramids at Giza.
The Pyramid of Khufu was constructed in 2570 BC and is 455.2ft tall.
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RedJamJar, kevin dooley, courceydaly, gert_vervoort, and 17 other people added this photo to their favorites.
HJH14 (89 months ago | reply)
This is a great photo.
I hope you don't mind I used this image on my blog.
thisisnotjohnnyv (82 months ago | reply)
Thumbs Up! from Flickr Smileys
*atrium09 (82 months ago | reply)
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Bill in STL (82 months ago | reply)
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foturist (55 months ago | reply)
This photo has been used in the article about Giza Pyramids at russian non-commercial travel blog community.livejournal.com/foturist_ru
Thank you for sharing!
We are also pleased to invite you to our Foturist group at Flickr.
taurenia (55 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Heritage Key, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group
iuam824 (54 months ago | reply)
May I use this for a school web design class(this will not be posted)
Sam and Ian (54 months ago | reply)
No problem
.::Prad Patel::. (46 months ago | reply)
Great photo! Please share your photograph with the Heritage Key group, and please do visit the Heritage Key website!
zeevveez (40 months ago | reply)
Thanks - I published this CC picture on my Hebrew blog:
tanakhblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_ 27.html
hjfklein (40 months ago | reply)
This is a very very special view for this picture
I have a similar one
fluketour (31 months ago | reply)
The The Great Pyramid Of Giza built around 2550 BC was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It covers an area of about 5 hectares and was approximately 147 metres high. It is one of the largest stone monument on earth and is an example of Egyptian scientific skill. Each of its sides aligns almost exactly with north, south, east and west. The Great Pyramid also represents an amazing building effort.