Archaeology & History

Ancient sphinx statue discovered in Israel

By T.K. Randall
July 10, 2013 ·  35 comments

Image Credit: sxc.hu The statue dates back to 2,500BC and is dedicated to Egyptian ruler Mycerinus who built one of the three pyramids at Giza. The discovery of it in Israel has puzzled archaeologists because not only is it a long way from Egypt but it is also the only known statue dedicated to Mycerinus ever found. The statue was unlikely to have been brought to Israel during the king's reign but how it got there remains a mystery.

"This is the only monumental Egyptian statue ever found in the Levant - today's Israel, Lebanon, Syria," said Professor Amnon Ben-Tor, who believes that the statue may have found its way to Israel as part of a gift from a later Egyptian king. "It's possible the statue was sent by the Egyptian ruler to king of Hazor, the most important ruler in this region."[!gad]The statue dates back to 2,500BC and is dedicated to Egyptian ruler Mycerinus who built one of the three pyramids at Giza. The discovery of it in Israel has puzzled archaeologists because not only is it a long way from Egypt but it is also the only known statue dedicated to Mycerinus ever found. The statue was unlikely to have been brought to Israel during the king's reign but how it got there remains a mystery.

"This is the only monumental Egyptian statue ever found in the Levant - today's Israel, Lebanon, Syria," said Professor Amnon Ben-Tor, who believes that the statue may have found its way to Israel as part of a gift from a later Egyptian king. "It's possible the statue was sent by the Egyptian ruler to king of Hazor, the most important ruler in this region."

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