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...
| Autores principales: | ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2020
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| En: |
Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Año: 2020, Volumen: 147, Número: 2, Páginas: 141-152 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
quartzite
B New Kingdom B Heliopolis Egipto B Reuse B Old Cairo B Late Period B Alexandria B Old Kingdom B mutilation B Middle Kingdom B Sphinx statues |
| Acceso en línea: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
