Associated with the pyramid of Khafre the Great Sphinx represents the head of the Egyptian king on the body of a lion. The shape of the pyramids is probably a reference to the sun.
It is larger than previous temples and is the first to include all five standard elements of later mortuary temples: an entrance hall, a columned court, five niches for statues of the pharaoh, five storage chambers, and an inner sanctuary.
It was built around 2,570 BCE, during the 4th dynasty, on the Giza plateau where Khafre's father had built his pyramid before him. Although it did not reach the height of his father's pyramid, Khafre's was steeper, towering over the Egyptian Western Desert at an angle of 53° 13'.
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