<Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 29 ° 58 ′ 31" N 31 ° 08 ′ 16" E ﻿ / ﻿ 29.97528 ° N 31.13778 ° E ﻿ / 29.97528; 31.13778 Coordinates: 29 ° 58 ′ 31" N 31 ° 08 ′ 16" E ﻿ / ﻿ 29.97528 ° N 31.13778 ° E ﻿ / 29.97528; 31.13778 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Material </Th> <Td> limestone </Td> </Tr> <P> The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول ‎ Abū al - Haul, English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human . Facing directly from West to East, it 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 Pharaoh Khafre . </P>

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