The Great Sphinx guards the Giza necropolis, standing sentinel over the pyramid complex for over four and a half millennia as the most ancient and monumental protector of Egypt's royal dead.
Khafre built the second Great Pyramid and valley temple at Giza, and his funerary complex incorporated the Great Sphinx carved from the plateau's natural limestone.
Khufu commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest of the three pyramids on the plateau and the tallest structure in the world for nearly four millennia.
Thutmose IV erected the Dream Stele between the paws of the Great Sphinx at Giza, recording that the Sphinx promised him the throne in exchange for clearing the sand from its body.
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