Serial Number: ART0005
Valuation:
BHD 130
Medium:
Ink on Paper
Type:
Landscape
Style:
Drawing, Structural
Date:
Undated
Size:
25 x 15
Artist:
Joe C. Torres
Status: Display
Description:
The Sphinx, Egypt
The Great Sphinx of Giza (literally Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion s body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC)
