jun 1, 2500 BC - Great Sphinx
Description:
Date: 2,500 BCEArtist: unkown
Medium: Limestone
Location: Giza, Egypt
- Fragment of the Sphinx's beard in the British Museum
Function:
- believed that they would protect the pyramids
- cats were royal animals in ancient Egypt
Form:
- generalized features
- in situ
- body of a lion
- head of a Pharaoh
- head is badly damaged
- originally was painted to stand out in the desert
Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 1, 2500 BC
Now
~ 4528 years ago