From Bab el-Nasr to Matariya: A Tale of Two Wandering Sphinxes
In Autumn 2018, the decision was taken to remove two quartzite sphinxes from a modern reconstruction of a postern next to Bab el-Nasr, Cairo. The two statues were thus moved to the open-air museum of Matariya, where they were most probably standing in the first place, on the site of the ancient Heli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2020, Volume: 147, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-152 |
| Further subjects: | B
quartzite
B New Kingdom B Reuse B Old Cairo B Late Period B Alexandria B Old Kingdom B Heliopolis Egypt B mutilation B Middle Kingdom B Sphinx statues |
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