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The Giza or Great Sphinx is believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558-2532 BC) builder of the second pyramid. It is carved from an outcrop of limestone left over from the construction of his pyramid.

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