The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول‎, English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread and in Ancient Greek: Σφίγξ.).𓏤

Sphinx 𓎛𓅱𓃭𓏤 “hw” or 𓊏𓊪𓃭 “šsp” of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone 𓇋𓈖𓂋𓊌𓈖𓂝𓈖𓁼𓊌 “inr-n-einw” statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion 𓃭 and the head 𓁶 of a human.𓏤

Facing directly from West 𓋀 to East 𓋁, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile 𓈗 in Giza, Egypt - Beloved Land - Tameri 𓇾𓌸𓂋𓆵𓇋𓊖𓊖 “tA-meri”. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh 𓉐𓉼 “pr-eA” (Great House) from the Old Kingdom, Khafre (𓇳𓈍𓆑) c. 2558–2532 BC.𓏤

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