☉ Transmission from the Lion
The Sphinx of King Amenemhat III
I'm in Cairo standing before the Sphinx of King Amenemhat III, and the placard reads
“Sphinx statues express the living king sitting on the throne as the image of God Shu, who controls the boundaries of the universe, and was always depicted in the form of a crouching lion. This was one of the statues of Amenemh…
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