Limestone Blocks from the Sphinx Temple (Giza Plateau)

Image: Large limestone blocks from the Sphinx Temple at Giza showing the same stone the Great Sphinx was carved from

These massive limestone blocks from the Sphinx Temple were quarried from the same local bedrock as the Great Sphinx itself. They illustrate the type of limestone used to carve the monument, as well as how surrounding structures were constructed from material extracted during the excavation of the Sphinx enclosure.

Source: Digitally enhanced and edited from an original image at Wikimedia, Silar (2010)

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