Member-only storyThe Great SphinxBob Mayer·Follow3 min read·Mar 27, 2021--ShareThe Great SphinxOver 4,500 years ago, the Great Sphinx was carved out of a quarry on the Giza Plateau. It has the body of a lion and the head of a man.It is part of a larger complex with Temples and causeways containing the Giza Pyramids.