The Great Sphinx of Giza, Giza, c. 2500 BC
The Great Sphinx of Giza — carved from a single limestone outcrop around 2500 BC, the largest monolithic sculpture in the world at 240 feet long. The missing nose isn't Napoleon's fault; Mamluk soldiers damaged it in the 14th century. Traces of red paint suggest the face was once vivid. What you're looking at is almost certainly Pharaoh Khafre's portrait. © Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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