Sculpture

Reproduction patinated by hand. Mold made from an imprint of the original work. Late Period, Thirtieth Dynasty, reign of Nectanebo I, (378-361 BC) or early Ptolemaic Period (305-246 BC),Saqqara, Serapeum. Digital reduction of one of the sphinxes in King Nectanebo Alley I (original width 90 cm). The sphinx, a creature with the body of a lion and a human head, appeared very early in Egyptian civilization. The most famous remains that which was raised in the Old Empire on the site of the pyramids of Giza. He combines the intelligence and authority of the king with the physical power of the