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The Great Sphinx Of Giza Research Paper

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THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of many sphinxes built around Giza along with many pyramids and temples. Egyptians built sphinx statues to protect tombs and temples. The Great Sphinx of Giza is carved out of Limestone. The Great Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC for the Pharaoh Khafra (the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza). The Sphinx’s nose has fallen off of the statue. It has been argued how it has fallen off. On theory is that a builder knocked it off, but that has been proven wrong. One other theory is that it had been shot off by Turkish soldiers during target practice. What most people think is that the nose was chiseled off by someone that thought The Sphinx was evil. But what my mom

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