<P> 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 ) . </P>
<P> 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 ) . </P>
the great sphinx of giza who built it
the great sphinx of giza who built it
ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre ( c. 2558 -- 2532 BC ) .
ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre ( c. 2558 -- 2532 BC ) .