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Fine Egyptian Art - Episode 9

Fine Egyptian Art Collection • 3m 12s

Great Sphinx of Giza c.2575—c.2465 B.C. The royal human head on a lion's body symbolized power and might, controlled by the intelligence of the pharaoh, guarantor of the cosmic order, or ma'at.

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