Accession Number | G01447 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
Place made | Egypt |
Date made | February 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The head of the Sphinx. In the annals of Egyptian Antiquity, the Sphinx is the colossal stone ...
Description
The head of the Sphinx. In the annals of Egyptian Antiquity, the Sphinx is the colossal stone figure of a creature with the head of a man or an animal with the body of a lion, situated near the pyramids of El Giza near Cairo, and was a popular tourist attraction for Australian troops in Egypt during the First World War.