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Sphinx of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom
Dynasty 18
Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Senenmut Quarry, MMA 1926-1928
This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes headcloth and royal 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. Smashed into many fragments at the order of Hatshepsut's nephew and successor Thutmose III and dumped in a quarry close by, this beast was recovered by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition and reassembled. It weighs more than seven tons.
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The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head that stands on the Giza Plateau. It is believed to have been built during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC) of the Old Kingdom. It is a part of a complex which also consists of an old temple, a New Kingdom temple and some other small structures. The Sphinx was buried for most of its life in the sand which turned out to be its savior, as the sand protected the soft sandstone. Nevertheless, the statue is crumbling today because of the wind, humidity and the smog from Cairo.
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Seems this thing is comin' together :D
Slap on another pair of legs, add the other side, add some crotch armor, and boom, you got an idea of what the final product is :P
A picture taken many times by many people - and now I've got one!
We stopped at the front gate and got a map of Cave Hill Cemetery to help us navigate the grounds. Kathleen, who was working that morning, was very helpful.
The map says that as of 2006 there have been over 122,000 people interred on the grounds.
More information about the Peaslee Sphinx: "Charles Rowland Peaslee (d. 1905) started merchandising paints, oils, glass, and lamps with George Gaulbert in 1867. The sphinx is an extraordinary being composed of various human and animal features, the ultimate embodiment of enigma. Muldoon’s sphinx is a copy of the monument erected in 1850 in Sprig Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, in memory of Matthew and Ann Lawler of Philadelphia, where Lawler had been mayor. Peaslee’s wife was of that family, and when he died, his daughters sold the summer cottage in Glenview for $5,000 to pay for the monument. Section a, Lot 15" - from the Cave Hill website: www.cavehillcemetery.com/mm8.html
"Restauracja Sphinx". Ni to po polsku ni to po angielsku... Jedno
slowo tak, drugie siak...
Nadesłane przez Krzysztofa P.
Twelve-ton, red granite Sphinx of Ramesses II, (19th Dynasty, circa 1293-1185 BCE). It was excavated from the sacred enclosure of the temple of the god Ptah at Memphis, Egypt. The sphinx, a lion with a human head, represents the power of the Egyptian king, both to protect his people and to conquer the enemies of Egypt. This statue was buried up to its shoulders; only the exposed head was attacked by windblown sand, which eroded the facial features and the royal false beard. The inscriptions on the chest and around the base give the five names of Ramesses II. His son and successor, Merenptah, added his own cartouches to the shoulders after his father's death. This sphinx, the third largest known in the world was quarried at Aswan and transported by river to the Ptah Temple at Memphis, 600 miles away.
Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1473-1458 BC) Granite. From Thebes. Originally from Hatshpesut's temple. Metropolitan Museum
Shame about the damage to its face. It's an amazing thing to behold. Don't know what sort of bird is tagging along for the ride.
So yeah, I recently received Rocka and was in love with the amazing parts, so I knew I had to do SOMETHING with them. 'Tis a shame I didn't get Tarix cause it would be much easier, but what's building without a challenge? So the idea of this is to make a Sphinx-like version of Rocka.
Also my camera refuses to take a focused pic :(
Out of bounds image using a photo of the Sphinx taken in Egypt 2008
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Drinking cup (kylix)
Greek, Archaic Period, about 510 B.C.
Skythes
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red Figure