Limestone sphinx of Queen Hatsepsut
Queen Hatsepsut crowned herself queen after taking regency for her infant stepson Thutmoses III. She shows herself as a man, including her beard. She did this because a queen could officially not rule the country (Horus was the king on earth).
It is 63.5 cm high, 106.7 cm long and 33 cm wide ( 25 x 42 x 13 inch.)
Found in Upper Egypt, Thebes, temple of Hatsepsut at Deir el Bahri in 1926-28.
Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, Reign of Hatsepsut/Thutmoses III, 1479 - 1458 BC.
Source: Metropolitan Museum
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