1- The Sphinx

On the way to the Temple of the Valley, lies the large statue of the Sphinx (sshep ankh in Hieroglyph). One of most famous monuments in the world, it is indeed a legendary statue for it has the body of lion and the face of a man. lt is 70 m long and 20 m high. The face of the Sphinx closely resembles that of King Kephren

2-Saqqara,Cemetery of the ancient Kings

The site's best-known feature is the Step Pyramid, the world's oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser and its construction was overseen by his vizier Imhotep. All over Saqqara can be found tombs of different periods. Those open to the public date to the Old Kingdom.
    Around the northern-most of Saqqara's pyramids is that of the 6th Dynasty pharaoh Teti. Adjacent to the pyramid are the mastabas (free-standing tombs of earlier periods) of his officials, some of whom had marvelous reliefs created for themselves.
    One of Saqqara's most famous archaeological sites is the Serapeum which was discovered by Auguste Mariette in 1851. Its rockcut corridors and burial chambers were excavated for the Apis bulls which were sacred to god Ptah. The corridors form a virtual underground extending for hundreds of metres. The stone sarcophagi weigh as much as 70 tonnes and average some 4 metres in length and 3.3 metres in height. Twenty chambers still contain sarcophagi. The Serapeum was in use from the New Kingdom down to the Graeco-Roman period.

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