Great Pyramids of Giza

The Great Pyramids of Giza consist of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, built of more than 200 stone layers and reaching a height of 455 feet at its apex; the almost equally huge Great Pyramid of Khafre, at 448 feet tall; and the Pyramid of Menkaure, modestly sized by comparison at a height of 200 feet. The pyramids stand roughly in a line, from northeast to southwest, in descending order by size.
The Great Sphinx lies to the east, close to parallel with the south edge of the Great Pyramid of Khafre; this enormous statue, sporting the body of a lion and the face of a man, faces east.
Current consensus among Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Pharaoh Khafre, the 4th king of the 4th Egyptian dynasty during Egypt's Old Kingdom.Read more