Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 174
The celebrated sphinx in front of the pyramids, in its originalstate, presented the appearance of an enormous couchant andro-sphinx with gigantic paws, between which was a miniature temple 152 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. with a platform, and flights of steps for approaching it, with othersleading down… … exception of the forelegs. The rock was cut into this form aboutthe reign of Thotmes IV. On a granite tablet in the temple is theoval of this king. An avenue of Sphinxes formed a usual approachto an Egyptian temple. MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 153 The Phoenix is represented under the form of a bird,…
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