The Great Sphinx / Gizeh, Sphinx: Frontal view, foot. / Dynasty 4; Old Kingdom; Creation date: ca. 2600-2200 BCE, Creation date: ca. 2613-2494 BCE

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Work Title: The Great Sphinx
View Title: Gizeh, Sphinx: Frontal view, foot.
Creator/Culture: Egyptian
Site/Repository: Site: Gizeh (Upper Egypt, Egypt)
Period/Date: Dynasty 4; Old Kingdom; Creation date: ca. 2600-2200 BCE, Creation date: ca. 2613-2494 BCE
Media/Technique: sandstone, sculpture
Dimensions: height: 20 m, length: 73.5 m
Subjects: Great Sphinx (Egypt); Sphinxes (Mythology); Pyramids of Giza (Egypt); Egypt; Jizah (Egypt)
Work Record ID: 126294
Image Record ID: 1378775
Classification Filing Number: 121; G539; 9S 2b; L3

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 1378775
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1378775/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1378775. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1378775/1. July 12, 2025.