AWH Ch 2 WU: Sphinx of Amenemhet III

Shown below, this statue of a sphinx-a mythological creature having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk-is made of black granite. It rep resents Amenemhet III, a pharaoh who ruled in the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. What does this statue tell you about Egyptian culture?

This is a one time only Warm Up.

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