The Great Sphinx lines up with Khafre's Pyramid in what was once a quarry.
Khafre's( one of Khufu’s sons) likeness forms the head which sits atop the great lion’s body and has done so for over 4,500 years ago. Khafre's name is also on the Stele, which sits between the paws of the Sphinx. The Sphinx is the oldest and longest stone sculpture from the Old Kingdom. The Great Sphinx of Giza belongs to the Giza necropolis west of Cairo which includes the three great pyramids of Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaura, and a number of smaller pyramids, temples, and tombs. Despite of the rumor that the nose was shot off by Napoleon's men, 18th century drawings reveal that the nose was missing long before Napoleon's arrival. During the eighteenth dynasty, it was called "Horus of the Horizon" and "Horus of the Necropolis", the sun god that stands above the horizon.