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To: SunkenCiv

King Amenhotep III may be the best match for the face of the Giza Sphinx


8 posted on 02/06/2022 7:43:05 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Amenhotep III did take an interest in the Giza monuments, as the other pharaohs of the later 18th dynasty. But the head was obviously recarved (out of scale, much better preserved than the body), and the most likely match would be from the 25th (Kushite) dynasty.


18 posted on 02/06/2022 9:12:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (If a-holes could fly, this place would be an airport.)
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