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For sure, no one knows who built the Spinx. Great Sphinx of Giza, situated at the Giza Plateau adjacent to the Great Pyramids of Giza is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and a human head.
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The Great Sphinx's head is of who?
Hatshepsut.
Where was Queen Hatshepsut while the sphinx was built?
why dose this say answer when im the one asking the question!
Sphinx of Hatshepsut?
This is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art - see the link below.
What are similarity's between the sphinx of Hatshepsut and the lamassu?
The Narmer or Menes head dress.
What is the Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis?
The Alabaster Sphinx was built durring the 18th dynasty. It was built in honor of an unknown pharaoh. People think it was for Hatshepsut, Amonhotep II, or Amonthep III.
How did Hatshepsut and Ramses 2 differ in expanding Egypt power?
Hatshepsut wanted to make Egypt richer.
What huge objects made of granite did hatshepsut have built during her reign as pharaoh?
Obelisks.Hatshepsut means Foremost of Noble Ladies is one of the most victorious pharaohs. Her two notable accomplishment were the Hatshepsut needle or granite obelisks and the granite sphinx statue.
How did hatshepsut make a pyramid?
She didn't make a pyramid. She did built the Djeser-Djeseru. We know it as The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. It is located at Deir el-Bahri, The Obelisks of Hatshepsut and The Red Chapel.
What sentence could you make from the word sphinx?
The sphinx was a popular icon in Egypt.
What is the monument called that has a head of a human and body of a lion called it is built near a tomb of a Pharaoh?
A Sphinx. The great spinx was built near the great pyramid, and was supposed to protect Khufu (or if you prefer Greek, his name would be Cheops). There were many more statues of Sphinxes, though, including Hatshepsut having two pink sphinxes at her temple.
Why did hatshepsut want to build the sphix?
Now one knows who the builder of the sphinx was. It was believed that the head represented Pharaoh Khafra. Some scholastic think it was a lion first but the head broke and later was sculpture as the pharaoh. That statue was made years before Hatshepsut. It could reach 1000 years or more.
When did they make the sphinx?
about 4500 years ago.
