The Great Sphinx / Essays / Tourism, Traveling / ID: 914893

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ID number:914893

Author: Anonymous author (4)

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Published: 02.11.2003.

Language: English

Level: Secondary school

Literature: n/a

References: Not used

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Situated about six miles West of Cairo lies The Great Sphinx at Giza; the oldest monumental stone sculpture in the world. At its highest point of 21 meters and length of 74 meters, not even Mt Rushmore (at a mere 18m) can compete. The mouth, with its enigmatic smile, caused by erosion and ancient vandalism rather than design, is 2.3 meters across. The nose is 1.7 meters on an immense face at 4.2 meters in breadth. The body is the shape of a lion and wears a headress upon its head. …

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