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This lovely statue is found in the open air museum in Memphis, Egypt. It is called the “Alabaster Sphinx” or the “Calcite Sphinx” due to the yellow coloration of the stone. It is unknown which pharaoh is depicted here, but it is known it is from the 18th dynasty.

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