Ptolemaic sphinx, Alexandria National Museum, Egypt
Sphinx wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, diorite, Ptolemaic period, from Alexandria's submerged treasure hoard, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13744464
Media ID
45401176
Size
8268px x 5456px
(7.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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