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The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx

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Adele D. Oliver

Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

The Great Sphinx

there was a walkway on one side of the mighty Sphinx seeing her closer up - impressive with her lion's body and ong legs - only in the distance are people so one can compare sizes ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza , ( English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high.[1] It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC).
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Sección Viaje: Cairo + Giza
Carpeta Egypt, Nile, Petra
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Cámara Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Objetivo Unknown 6-72mm
Diafragma 4
Tiempo de exposición 1/1600
Distancia focal 6.0 mm
ISO 80