Illustration
This limestone and plaster piece depicts the female pharaoh Maatkare Hatshepsut as a sphinx. She has the body and mane of a lion, with the head of a human. Carved between the paws of the statue is a cartouche enclosing the pharaoh's throne name, "Maatkare" ("Truth is the Soul of the Sun.) (c. 1479-1458 BCE, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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McLaughlin, E. (2017, July 08). Sphinx of Maatkare Hatshepsut. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6872/sphinx-of-maatkare-hatshepsut/
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McLaughlin, Elsie. "Sphinx of Maatkare Hatshepsut." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 08, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6872/sphinx-of-maatkare-hatshepsut/.
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McLaughlin, Elsie. "Sphinx of Maatkare Hatshepsut." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 08 Jul 2017. Web. 28 Jun 2022.