<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>
<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>
what is the great sphinx made out of
what is the great sphinx made out of
limestone
limestone