Sphinx craft template
With our Sphinx kit you get a creative introduction to the ancient history of Egypt. We produce a comprehensive model with landscape, people, animals and plants. Our 6-piece craft set in DIN A5 format is suitable for children from 6 years.
- Set consists of: base, sphinx, barque, 4 persons, cattle, palms, reed grass, Nile
- Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 10 cm
- Contents: 6 craft sheets (DIN A5)
- easy handling
- medium difficulty
Carefully cut out each article at the given lines. Fold at the semicolon lines and wet the marked strips with glue. Allow to dry.
Living history
You will also need scissors and glue to assemble the Sphinx kit. The handling is considered simple and understandable. It is evaluated with the medium degree of difficulty. Each figure is to be cut out at the given lines, at the semicolon lines are to be folded and the marked strips are to be stuck together. The craft sheets are colorfully printed and consist of 100% recycled paper.
The most famous Sphinx
The most famous sphinx is the Sphinx of Giza. It stands on the western bank of the Nile, is made of monolithic limestone, was built in the 4th Dynasty of Egypt and measures 20 x 73.5 m. The Sphinx of Gizeh was built several times from sand. The Sphinx of Giza was repeatedly freed from sand, cleaned and restored. Today, parts of this sphinx are exhibited in the Egyptian and British museums. Sphinxes are usually built as male lions with a human head. In their function they serve as guardian figures in front of temple entrances. As statues they depict kings, pharaohs and Egyptian gods. Their attributes include sun disk, pectoral, double crown and uraeus snake.
Sphinxes and sphinx-like representations can be found since the 2nd millennium B.C. in a multitude of Near Eastern cultures and South American advanced civilizations. These cultural buildings also found their way into European art.
Making Egyptian history an experience
With our Sphinx handicraft kit you can explain important aspects of Egyptian culture and religion. Special attention is paid to the Egyptian cult of the dead.
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