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The Great pyramids and Sphinx of Egypt.
Japanese tourists visiting The Great Sphinx of Giza, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high.It is the oldest known monumental sculpture. Giza-Egypt 15/03/2013
Author: Alfred Yaghobzadeh
Alfred Yaghobzadeh
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