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Limestone Layers in the head of the Great Sphinx of Giza (Francis Frith, 1858)

Image: Detail of a Francis Frith photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza showing horizontal limestone layers in the head

Detail of a photograph by Francis Frith (1858) showing the natural horizontal limestone layers of the Great Sphinx, illustrating how the monument, including the head, was carved directly from stratified bedrock.

Source: The Getty Museum, Francis Frith (1858)

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