Which of the following is not true of the sculpture above?
2 answers:
Answer:
d. The sculpture was never completed, but the reason is unknown.
Explanation:
Khafre enthroned: Ka sculpture for king’s temple (Valley of Kings)
• Stone (diorite) used for tomb statuary
• Quarried 400 miles up river
• Attributes of pharaoh (nemes headdress (uraeus cobra), kilt, false beard
• Enthroned (resembles two lions’ bodies)
• Between legs intertwined lotus and papyrus (symbolize united Egypt)
• Horus (protector) behind head Khafre Enthroned
• Idealized body (youthful divine Gizeh, Egypt 4th Dynasty leader) diorite, 5 ft
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