Great Sphinx of Chephren

dc.publisher	North Dakota State University	en_US
dc.title	Great Sphinx of Chephren	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
local.fileFormat	.jpeg	en
local.transmissionData	From slide using Nikon Coolscan 5000	en
dc.description	The half-human Sphinx is an ancient Egyptian mystical figure usually formed as a lion with a human head, usually made to resemble a pharaoh. The Great Sphinx of Chephren, Egypt, is the worlds biggest single-stone statue. It is made from limestone and it is 57 metres long, 6 m wide, and 20 m height. It can be found on facing due east at the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the great Nile river. (IV Dynasty)	en
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-22T13:22:50Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-22T13:22:50Z
dc.date.issued	2008-10-22T13:22:50Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10365/534
local.architect/builder	N/A
local.photographer	N/A
local.dateOfPhotograph	N/A
local.rightsHolder	NDSU Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library
dc.subject.lcsh	Architecture.	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Sphinxes (Mythology) in art.	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Sculpture, Egyptian.	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Architecture, Egyptian.	en_US
dc.identifier	ALA00112
dc.description.locationCity	Gizeh	en_US
dc.description.locationCountry	Egypt	en_US
dc.description.view	Exterior	en_US