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Sphinx of Hatshepsut

This granite sphinx came from the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri.It was broken and has undergone restaurations several times. Hatshepsut is wearing a nemes headdress, with a cobra over the forehead and is wearing a false beard.

18th dynasty, Deir el-Bahri

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Ground floor, gallery 7

 

Cairo Museum

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Uploaded on January 27, 2018
Taken on April 13, 2016