Product Description
This detailed plastic Egyptian Great Sphinx of Giza toy is well-made and realistic in both color and appearance. It is 2 inches long. This little toy showing a mythological creature of Ancient Egyptian lore that is half lion and half man fits well in a diorama for a school project about ancient Egypt or is a nice keepsake for a collector of religious symbols. Check out our other ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture and Ancient Egyptian toys and gifts.
The Great Sphinx of Giza, 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. Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks. It measures 73 metres (240 ft) long from paw to tail, 20.21 m (66.31 ft) high from the base to the top of the head and 19 metres (62 ft) wide at its rear haunches. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre (c.?2558–2532 BC).
