Sphinx : History of a Monument, Hardcover by Zivie-Coche, Christiane; Lorton,...

by Christiane Zivie-Coche

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Sphinx : History of a Monument, Hardcover by Zivie-Coche, Christiane; Lorton, David (TRN), ISBN 0801439620, ISBN-13 9780801439629, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Sphinxes are legion in Egypt—what is so special about this one?... We shall take a stroll around the monument itself, scrutinizing its special features and analyzing the changes it experienced throughout its history. The evidence linked to the statue will enable us to trace its evolution... down to the worship it received in the first centuries of our own era, when Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans mingled together in devotion to this colossus, illustrious witness to a past that was already more than two millennia old."—from the Introduction The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the few monuments from ancient Egypt familiar to nearly everyone. In a land where the colossal is part of the landscape, it still stands out, the largest known statue in Egypt. Originally constructed as the image of King Chephren, builder of the second of the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx later acquired new fame in the guise of the sun god Harmakhis. Major construction efforts in the New Kingdom and Roman Period transformed the monument and its environs into an impressive place of pilgrimage, visited until the end of pagan antiquity. Christiane Zivie-Coche, a distinguished Egyptologist, surveys the long history of the Great Sphinx and discusses its original appearance, its functions and religious significance, its relation to the many other Eg

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Year: 2002
• ISBN: 9780801439629
• Condition: Fine

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