(Fact .1.)The Great Sphinx of Egypt is part of the funerary cplmoex of the Egyptian pharaoh Khafre, builder of the second Giza Pyramid, who reigned between 2558 and 2532 B.C. more than 4,000 years ago.(Fact.2.)The face of the Sphinx is believed to represent Khafre, which makes it the oldest large-scale royal portrait known.(Fact.3.)The Great Sphinx of Egypt is the largest free-standing sculpture. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a height of 20 m (65 ft)(Fact.4.)The body of the Sphinx is part of a lion and the head is the head of a man wearing a royal head cloth called the nemes!