Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza

Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza (73 m)

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If Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza (73 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Length of the Starship `Enterprise` in the Original Star Trek series (289.7 m)...more would be 4 x Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Longest ever discus throw (74.1 m)...more would be about as big as Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Overall length of an Airbus A380 (72.7 m)...more would be about as big as Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Length of a baseball pitch, pitcher to batter (18.44 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Length of a ten pin bowling lane (18.29 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Men's World Triple Jump record (18.29 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Men's Olympic Triple Jump record (18.09 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Length of a London Underground carriage (18 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Women's Olympic Long Jump record (1988) (7.4 m)...more would be 1/10 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Width of a football goal (7.32 m)...more would be 1/10 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Width of a ice-hockey goal (1.8 m)...more would be 1/40 of Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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