Side View
Uploaded: September 23, 2009
aperture f11, shutter 1/1000, 20/80 zoom lens -Taken on in Giza, Egypt
Tiia Vissak September 24, 2009
a beautiful capture! #1184061JO ANN CLEVELAND September 24, 2009
Super shot, now where was this made Gunther??jo ann c. #7979388
Gunther Allen September 24, 2009
Thanks Tiia and Jo Ann. The story about the Sphinx has changed in recent years as new discoveries have been made. What the researches do know is that the Sphinx is the largest single stone statue in the world. Located on the Giza plateau where the Great Pyramids can be found. The recent controversy is about which Pharaoh actually built the Sphinx. In 2004, Vassil Dobrev of the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale in Cairo announced that he had uncovered new evidence that the Great Sphinx may have been the work of the little-known Pharaoh Djedefre (2528 BCE2528–2520 BCE2520 BCE), Khafra's half brother and a son of Khufu. Dobrev suggests that Djedefre built the Sphinx in the image of his father Khufu, identifying him with the sun god Ra in order to restore respect for their dynasty. Dobrev also notes, like Stadelmann and others, that the causeway connecting Khafre's pyramid to the temples was built around the Sphinx suggesting it was already in existence at the time. (Interested?!) #7979903Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.
BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.
Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.
The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:
I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.
You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.
Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Gunther Allen.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.
I already have an account!