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Sphinx road


Is a paved road tiles of stone flanked by both sides statues on the sphinx represents the king Nguetnpo first ( of the kings of the family thirty ) who created this way in his reign . Was this road connects to the temple of the god Khonsu south of the temples of Karnak The solution to this road shop by rams , which is due to the reign of King Amenhotep III , as evidenced by the presence of some of the statues , which bears the name of Amenhotep III at the southern gate of the Temple of Khonsu .

The sculpture sphinx from a single block of sandstone embody the lion his head King Nguetnpo , has put the statue on a rectangular base dimensions 120X330 cm has been detected so far about 34 statues of sphinx on each side . Goal by sphinx is to determine the path of the procession , whether royal or divine and highlight its axis .

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