I enjoyed visiting this museum to see King Ramses the second's huge ancient statue, and the smaller alabaster sphinx. It is a small complex, and has it's own charm.

The ancient capital of Egypt dating back to 3100BC is a great starting point to see where the great king Menes ruled creating Upper and Lower Egypt Fabulous alabaster sphinx is so beautiful and close enough to touch

This is the smaller sphinx, was a lot of fun to wonder in the warmth to see all these ancient pieces and see what Ramses the 2nd had done. We were told that everything that says Ramses the 2nd isn't all his.

It is in Memphis which is 15-20 miles away from Giza Plateau , if you have time go there, there is also the master piece colossal limestone statue of Ramses 2 , which used to be 12.8 high when standing, but legs are missin now- toilets available but not so clean, entrance is 35 EGP for adult

This is the largest of the extant sphinxes carved from a single block (4.5 m high and 8 m long) and it once flanked the entrance to the Temple of Ptah. Ptah was the creator of the world to the Egyptians. Now its kept at MIT Rahina Museum, Giza. The carving was believed to take place between 1700 and 1400... More

I am very well traveled in Egypt, but I had never seen this sphinx with trees behind.This is definitely not the Giza Sphinx, as many people write in their contributions. I am also sure the Giza sphinx is made of Lime stone and not marble. So, why not mention clearly where this "Mysterious" Marble sphinx is?

Visited the Sphinx as part of my cruise excursion that I arranged privately with a tour company. The structure is amazing! However, the local kids were harassing us by grabbing our cameras to take photos and thereafter aggressively asking for money when we refused. Many unsuspecting tourists (esp. old ladies had to pay them small tips otherwise they were cornered).... More

Beautifully carved and well worth a detour in our day out. Not a lot of people look at this we were told, perhaps tour guides should add it to the list.

This is a nice sized sculpture that is good for picture taking. Its colour differentiates itself from the Sphinx at Giza. It is a typical stop on a day tour of Cairo located in Memphis. There are lots of touts selling there cheap tourist junk around the sculpture.