That statue is called the Sphinx.
The famous lion statue with a human head is known as the Sphinx. It is an ancient statue located in Giza, Egypt, and is believed to have been built around 2500 BC. The Great Sphinx of Giza is considered one of the most iconic and mysterious sculptures in the world.
The statue is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human's head. For the time, is wasn't so unusual but comparing it with modern statues or catholic statues, it is very different because of the animal body. Modern saints have a common human body.
At the top of it's head
151ft, 1 inch tall to the head of the statue, but too the torch it is 305ft 1 inch tall.Weight of copper used in statue: 100 tonsWeight of steel used in statue: 125 tonsTotal weight used in statue: 225 tons
A man with the head of a jackal-like animal. Unlike a real jackal, Anubis' head is black, representing his position as a god of the dead. He is rarely shown fully-human, but he is depicted so in the Temple of Abydos of Rameses II. There is a beautiful statue of him as a full jackal in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The famous lion statue with a human head is known as the Sphinx. It is an ancient statue located in Giza, Egypt, and is believed to have been built around 2500 BC. The Great Sphinx of Giza is considered one of the most iconic and mysterious sculptures in the world.
The Great Spinx is a giant statue of a lion with a man's head.
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If you are asking about the pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the most famous stone statue is the Sphinx, a statue with the head of a human and the body of a lion. However, in ancient Egyptian mythology, the gods were often depicted having the body of a human and the head of an animal; each god was associated with a particular animal and would often be shown having the head of that animal. For instance, Bastet was a goddess associated with cats, so she is often shown with the head of a cat and the body of a human female.
If you are asking about the pyramids at Giza in Egypt, the most famous stone statue is the Sphinx, a statue with the head of a human and the body of a lion. However, in ancient Egyptian mythology, the gods were often depicted having the body of a human and the head of an animal; each god was associated with a particular animal and would often be shown having the head of that animal. For instance, Bastet was a goddess associated with cats, so she is often shown with the head of a cat and the body of a human female.
The Sphinx.
Both. Nefertiti's statue was more famous though because it was the only way to tell what she looked like.
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
A Sphynx or Sphinx not sure which spelling, probably the second!
The Sphinx is an ancient Egyptian statue with the body of a cat and the head of a human. It was built for the sun god Ra.
No, it is not. The Sphinx is a giant statue of a lion with the head of a Pharaoh on it, in front of the largest of the three great Pyramids. It was likely intended as a sort of guardian for the pyramids.
a crown on her head