The Great Sphinx of Giza 29.9753° N, 31.1378° E

The Great Sphinx is 65 feet high, 260 feet long and 20 feet wide. It is the largest structure created from a single piece of stone. The Great Sphinx has the body of a lion and the face of a man. The age of the sphinx is not known, with guesses varying between six-thousand and even thirteen-thousand years old. There are three tunnels built in the Sphinx, but the passage of time has left the destinations unreachable. The Great Sphinx can be found near the banks of the Nile, facing east, away from the pyramid of Khafra (near modern day Cairo).

Over the many years, the Egyptian sphinx has not remained in pristine condition. As seen in photographs, the defacement of the sphinx goes beyond simple erosion by the elements. The story goes that the loss of the sphinx's nose is due to Napoleon's army using the monument as target practice. There are drawings and etchings, though that shows the sphinx had been noseless for easily a hundred years before Napoleon even arrived.