Illustration
Sphinx of Hatshepsut (ca. 1479–1458 BCE). This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes–headcloth and false beard. The sculptor has carefully observed the powerful muscles of the lion as contrasted to the handsome, idealized face of the pharaoh. It was one of at least six granite sphinxes that stood in Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
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Laithienne, R. (2020, October 03). Sphinx of Hatshepsut. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12798/sphinx-of-hatshepsut/
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Laithienne, Reno. "Sphinx of Hatshepsut." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 03, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12798/sphinx-of-hatshepsut/.
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