Reviews for Sphinx History of a Monument

The average rating for Sphinx History of a Monument based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-30 00:00:00 Dequana Gilliard This is a comprehensive history of the great Sphinx of Giza. Zivie-Coche's book offers a timeline of the history of this famous Egyptian monument from the beginning of construction to the present day. The author centers on the history and meaning of the Sphinx using not only historical sources, but archaeological evidence as well. In this book, Zivie-Coche attempts to reconstruct a history of the great Sphinx of Giza from the brief notes left by the early excavators who worked on the Sphinx site. I found this book to be intriguing as I do not know much about Egyptian history, and I feel that I gained a lot of knowledge not only about the Sphinx but about ancient and modern Egyptian history as well.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-18 00:00:00 Rochelle Dworetsky It is amazing how something as recognizable as the Great Sphinx has so little written about it. Any reader interested in learning more about the Sphinx will find this book a god-send because it is one of the few books that examines this monument in detail, even if it isn't that long. One of the reasons it is such a great book is it's very hard to find a book that is solely dedicated to one of the most mysterious monuments in Egypt; typically, compendiums have a few paragraphs to a few pages attributed to this mythological creature, which makes someone who is interested in learning more about it disappointed. This would make another great addition to any serious Egyptologist's bibliothèque.