The Great Sphinx of Giza is the world's most famous ancient Egyptian statue.
The limestone Giza plateau sculpture depicts a recumbent lion with an Egyptian king's head.
The Sphinx is older than orthodox Egyptology's 4th-Dynasty dating, according to professors and historians.
For centuries, the Sphinx was the world's largest sculpture, yet scholars dispute on who carved it and when.
The Sphinx is 240 feet long (73 m) and 66 feet high (20 m), orientated west-to-east.
Egyptologists generally agree that Khafre's 4th Dynasty built the Sphinx.
Khafre built a pyramid next to Khufu's. He is credited with the Sphinx because its statues resemble his face.