Sphinx of Hatshepsut

Fundraiser: Mesopotamia Teaching Materials

Please help us create teaching materials on Mesopotamia (including several complete lessons with worksheets, activities, answers, essay questions, and more), which will be free to download for teachers all over the world.

Donate Now

Illustration

by Reno Laithienne
published on 03 October 2020

Send to Google Classroom:

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.

Remove Ads

License

Original image by Reno Laithienne. Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 03 October 2020 under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Laithienne, R. (2020, October 03). Sphinx of Hatshepsut. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/12798/

Chicago Style

Laithienne, Reno. "Sphinx of Hatshepsut." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 03, 2020. https://www.ancient.eu/image/12798/.

MLA Style

Laithienne, Reno. "Sphinx of Hatshepsut." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 03 Oct 2020. Web. 03 Dec 2020.

Remove Ads

Support Us

We are a non-profit organization.

Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. Please support Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation. Thank you!

Donate