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| The photographs below are taken around The Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza |
The Great Pyramid dates from around 2580BC and was the apex of around 700 years of such constructions | |||
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 The South face of the Great Pyramid of Khufu |
 The South face of the Great Pyramid of Khufu near Solar Boat Museum |
 Reconstructed Solar Barque in museum alongside the Great Pyramid |
 The Sphinx with Khafre Pyramid behind still with remains of outer covering of Tura limestone near top. |
 The Sphinx with Khafre pyramid of right and smallest of Giza ones for Pharaoh Menkaure |
 The Sphinx with walls of its Temple in foreground |
 Panorama of the The Sphinx with Khafre and Menkaure Pyramids beyond |
 The Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops viewed from near the Sphinx enclosure |
 The Sphinx viewed from outside the walls of its Temple on the walk to the valley Temple of Khafre |
 The Sphinx is thought to be the head of Khafre or Chephren |