The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza mb-code 1194450 Underside view of the fossil

Underside view of the fossil head of a sea turtle named by Richard Owen FRS (1804-1892) in 1842

Frontispiece to Memoirs of Thomas Brand-Hollis

January 19

Turkey holds out the hands of friendship to Britannia

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza mb-code 1194450 Underside view of the fossilThe Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, 19th century. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men kaur re). The face is thought to be a likeness of the 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre, who ruled Egypt during the 26th century BC. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts.