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Summary

Title from caption card and item.

Caption on mount: "The head of the Sphinx would fill a large school room."

LOT subdivision subject: Egypt.

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Egypt pyramids complex consists of Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu and constructed c. 2560–2540 BC), the smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters farther south-west, and the Great Sphinx that lies on the east side of the complex..

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date_range

Date

01/01/1890
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Contributors

Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, collector
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in collections

Gizeh Pyramids and Sphinx

Pyramid of Cheops, Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx
place

Location

Qurna (Egypt) ,  25.71667, 32.60000
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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