Sphinx

(Abo El Houl in Egyptian language) 

Is the largest statues carved with a length of about 70 meters and a height of about 20 meters , width of about Six meters located above the Giza hill next to the Giza three pyramids, and seen his face toward the east, which is a human head (a symbol of wisdom) and the body of a lion (a symbol of the force ).

There was different views around the person's face, but the most correct of these, and most common, it symbolizes the sun god of the ancient Egyptians (Hor), but it is sure and certainly were carved during the reign of King Khafra , who built the second pyramid on his behalf . and the reason for naming Abo El Houl is a word (Bo Hor), which means (Hor's place) , The word (Bo) means the place and the word (Houl) taken from the name of God (Hor).
After that it is common to use of these structures between the head and different body, we find in the city of Luxor (Rams Road), which include Sphinx with human's head and the body of a lion and others with ram's head and the body of a lion, The Greeks also made their female version of it.