Title The Sphinx That Traveled to Philadelphia The Story of the Colossal Sphinx in the Penn Museum / Josef Wegner and Jennifer Houser Wegner

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2015 Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (252 p.) Contents Prelude to the sphinx -- The discovery of the sphinx -- The sphinx's journey to America -- The sphinx in Philadelphia -- After the sphinx -- Ancient Memphis: the city of the sphinx -- The world of Egyptian sphinxes -- Getting to know the sphinx Notes Description based upon print version of record Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Description based on print version record Subject University of Pennsylvania. University Museum -- History University of Pennsylvania. University Museum Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Memphis (Extinct city) Museums -- Acquisitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sphinxes (Mythology) Antiquities Civilization Excavations (Archaeology) Museums -- Acquisitions Sphinxes (Mythology) Memphis (Extinct city) -- Antiquities Memphis (Extinct city) -- Civilization Egypt -- Memphis (Extinct city) Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Wegner, Jennifer Houser, author. LC no. 2015012597 ISBN 1934536776 9781934536773

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