The Great Sphinx with the Kafra Pyramid behind, circa 1860 #

Further excavation has revealed more of the statue, photographed circa 1860. #

"Our party, December 1892, February 1893." From "Lower Egypt. Pyramids," part of the Tupper Scrapbook Collection. #

Original caption from March 1920: "Infantymen pose for a photograph on the Great Sphinx, built around 2,500 B.C., at Giza, in Egypt." #

A view seen during a more extensive excavation on December 4, 1925. #

An aerial view of Giza with the Sphinx at lower center, circa 1929. #

In 1942, sandbags were placed to protect the Sphinx against enemy bombs during World War II. #

American jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong plays the trumpet while his wife sits listening, with the Sphinx and one of the pyramids behind her, during a visit in 1961. #

The Great Sphinx, surrounded by scaffolding, during restoration work in 1990 #

Fashion designer Pierre Cardin presents his new perfume "Enigme," in Giza, in May of 1992. #

A closer view of the head and face of the Sphinx #

U.S. President Barack Obama poses for a photo in front of the Sphinx during a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza on June 4, 2009. #

A view of the Great Sphinx of Giza #

A tourist poses for a picture with the Sphinx in Cairo on October 19, 2011. #

An image is projected on the face of the Sphinx during a sound and light show on November 8, 2012. #

U.S. first lady Melania Trump visits the Giza pyramids and Sphinx on October 6, 2018, during the final stop of her week-long trip through four countries in Africa. #

The Great Sphinx is photographed amid tourists visiting the Giza complex, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. #

A view of the back side of the Great Sphinx, showing its tail, which wraps around to its right rear paw #