Is the Sphinx in Giza or Cairo?

Is the Sphinx in Giza or Cairo? The Great Sphinx of Giza is a giant 4,500-year-old limestone statue situated near the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. Measuring 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) high, the Great Sphinx is one of the world's largest monuments.

Can tourists touch the Sphinx?

The specially designated space around the Great Sphinx in Giza makes it impossible to get close to the monument and touch it, but you can still get close enough to have a good look at the Egyptian Sphinx's nose, and take an effective photo.

How far apart are Giza and Cairo?

The distance from central Cairo to the Giza Plateau is about 9 or 10 miles. In heavy traffic it can take 45 minutes.

How far is the pyramid from Cairo?

The Pyramids of Giza sit about 11 miles southwest of downtown Cairo on the Giza Plateau and are open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Public transportation is not available within walking distance, so it's best to drive, hail a taxi or take a bus tour to the site.

Is Giza in Cairo safe to visit?

With the Giza Pyramids being Egypt's number one tourist attraction, it is probably the safest of all attractions in Egypt. So yes, we believe the pyramids in Egypt are safe to visit.

Is Giza bigger than Cairo?

Giza is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo.

Are there tunnels under the Sphinx?

A number of shafts or tunnels are known to exist within or below the body of Great Sphinx at Giza. Zahi Hawass (pictured here) approaches a small square lid of a shaft (shaft C), believed to have been dug by treasure hunters at some point in antiquity.

Can you go inside sphinx?

Some tourists planning a Great Sphinx of Giza tour wonder if you can go inside og the Great Sphinx enclosure. It is possible, but only during our tour of the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx.

Is the Sphinx 26000 years old?

Egyptologists believe the Sphinx to be approximately 4500 years old.

Is Sphinx older than pyramids?

Egyptologists mostly take it as settled fact that the Sphinx was carved about the same time as the Pyramids with which it shares the Giza Plateau and that its gentle, enigmatic face (minus a nose, a beard and other bits that have fallen or been knocked off over the centuries) is actually the likeness of a Pharaoh of ...