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The Great Sphinx is the largest statue I will ever see in my lifetime. I am honored to be part of the generation that works on it and will witness it's one-of-a-kind beauty. The statue is still part of the early stages, and we have yet to see much change. The statue is going to be carved from a single piece of limestone. The crew, and I had to lift, and pull this heavy, and large piece of limestone into place. It was hard on are bodies, but lucky we had a big team to help spread the weight. The stone measures 241 feet long at the base, and 66 feet high. It is going to be beautiful seeing the process from nothing of a rock, to something of a statue. I have never got to see something like this before. The limestone rock is going to be carved into a human head wearing a royal headdress on top of a lion's body. After we plan to paint the statue with beautiful colors. The colors on the headdress will be painted in stipes of blue, black, yellow, and red. The body on back of the lion, and the front of the lion will be painted with the same colors but with bigger stripes, and big dots. The statue is not just work of one artist, but over a hundred workers will work on this statue for the next 3 years. The tools to carve the big, and large details of the statue are a stone hammer, and a coper chisel. Like the pyramid we are worried that erosion will take away must of the detail, especially on the face. I hope this statue will last thousands of years. Through war, and storms. I hope our hard work will be honored.