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How Tall Is the Great Sphinx?

The Great Sphinx is about 66 ft (20 m) tall. That is about 12 times the height of the average man. The giant limestone lion with a human head in Egypt.

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How tall is the Great Sphinx compared to the average man?

The Great Sphinx is about 12 times the height of the average man. The Great Sphinx is 11.7× the size of the average man: about 12 average men stacked up would match it.

Great Sphinx of Giza height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

The Great Sphinx measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	65 ft 7 in
Inches	787 in
Centimeters	2000 cm
Meters	20 m

Great Sphinx of Giza height facts

The Great Sphinx is about 20 meters (66 ft) tall and 73 meters long.

How does the Great Sphinx compare to other things?

The Great Sphinx next to 24 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Great Sphinx of Giza
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	69.6 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	637,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	442× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	16.5× bigger
Diplodocus	85 ft (26 m) long	20 ft (6 m) bigger
Blue whale	82 ft (25 m) long	16 ft (5 m) bigger
Hot air balloon	82 ft (25 m)	16 ft (5 m) bigger
Brachiosaurus	72 ft (22 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Semi-truck	72 ft (21.9 m) long	6 ft 3 in (190 cm) bigger
Oak tree	66 ft (20 m)	0 pm smaller
Palm tree	66 ft (20 m)	0 pm smaller
Sperm whale	52 ft (16 m) long	13 ft (4 m) smaller
Megalodon	52 ft (16 m) long	13 ft (4 m) smaller
Humpback whale	49 ft (15 m) long	16 ft (5 m) smaller
Mosasaurus	49 ft (15 m) long	16 ft (5 m) smaller
Spinosaurus	46 ft (14 m) long	20 ft (6 m) smaller
Hubble Space Telescope	43 ft (13.2 m) long	22 ft (6.8 m) smaller
Titanoboa	43 ft (13 m) long	23 ft (7 m) smaller
Giganotosaurus	41 ft (12.5 m) long	25 ft (7.5 m) smaller
Tyrannosaurus rex	40 ft (12.3 m) long	25 ft (7.7 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	26 ft (7.8 m) smaller
Whale shark	39 ft (12 m) long	26 ft (8 m) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	11.7× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	12.6× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.