Most of her statues were destroyed by her nephew and successor after her death. Her sphinx is made of granite. It is considered a sculpture in the round. It was put together from fragmented pieces found by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It depicts the body and muscles of a lion which to Egyptians represented power and strength. Egyptians were polytheists. They believed the gods could appear unto them as humans, animals or a combination of both. Therefor the creation of Sphinx such as Hatshepsut’s. They believed Pharaohs were gods as well or had the same power of a god. The face of the Sphinx is the idealized face of a male Pharaoh, showing the stylized ceremonial beard and the striped head cloth worn by the Pharaohs which in this case represents serenity. Hatshepsut chose to be represented as a male Pharaoh despite her gender. This was a way of showing her power and dominion. Hatshepsut’s Sphinx and her statues were found at The Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut located at what we now call Deir el-Bahri, Egypt. This Sphinx is in all ways a representation of Egypt’s culture where Egyptians wanted to show there control and stability to the rest of the
Most of her statues were destroyed by her nephew and successor after her death. Her sphinx is made of granite. It is considered a sculpture in the round. It was put together from fragmented pieces found by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It depicts the body and muscles of a lion which to Egyptians represented power and strength. Egyptians were polytheists. They believed the gods could appear unto them as humans, animals or a combination of both. Therefor the creation of Sphinx such as Hatshepsut’s. They believed Pharaohs were gods as well or had the same power of a god. The face of the Sphinx is the idealized face of a male Pharaoh, showing the stylized ceremonial beard and the striped head cloth worn by the Pharaohs which in this case represents serenity. Hatshepsut chose to be represented as a male Pharaoh despite her gender. This was a way of showing her power and dominion. Hatshepsut’s Sphinx and her statues were found at The Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut located at what we now call Deir el-Bahri, Egypt. This Sphinx is in all ways a representation of Egypt’s culture where Egyptians wanted to show there control and stability to the rest of the