Egypt Awakening is the title of this monumental sculpture that stands at the entrance to Cairo University. It is the work of Mohamed Mokhtar (1891-1934) one of Egypt's earliest modern artists. It portrays a woman and a sphinx.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Nahdet Masr
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I didn't realize how large this was until I saw the car! Impressive!
Wow! Its amazing! I had goosebumps! How wonderful work!
Monumental is right! It's huge! I like it, though I would also like to be able to ask the artist why he gave it that name. Ah well…
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