Photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza . The Father of the Dead, commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining couchant, a mythical creature with a lion's body and human head. Egypt. Dated 1925

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Photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza . The Father of the Dead, commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining couchant, a mythical creature with a lion's body and human head. Egypt. Dated 1925

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Size: 8546px × 6208px
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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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