Sphinx statues found in Egypt

[anam_moon]

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed four small statues of the Sphinx, the mythological figure of a lion with a human head, the Higher Council of Antiquities said on Friday.

The headless sandstone statues were found on a road linking the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement.

They were unearthed in an area once occupied by a police station that was demolished as part of a project to rescue artifacts, Hawass said.

The statues date from the reign of King Nekhtnebef who founded the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC), Hawass added.

The same team of archaeologists also found a sandstone block engraved with the name of Queen Cleopatra.

Comments

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Interesting. It makes sense that they'd be on that road. But I have to wonder why and how they all lost their heads? The fact that all of them are missing suggests that it's deliberate mutilation from a religious competitor.

[roseblessing.livejournal.com]

I wish they still had their heads, because they might be copies of the big
Sphinx, might have given a clue as to how they thought the original large one (that we think of) might have looked.

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh, I think, a descendant of the Greek Ptolemies. I's nice to have more relics and/oe information about her.