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Sphinx of Hatshepsut

The sphinx of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (circa 1473 - 1458 B.C.). One of six royal sphinxes that lined the processional way to the queen's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. Now sits next to the Met's Temple of Dendur.

 

 

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Uploaded on November 5, 2010
Taken on October 29, 2010