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This Cypriot incense
burner was discovered in the los
t ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion. Over 2500 years outmoded,this object would bear been used for burning fragrances such as incense, an
important ritual both in Egyptian and Cypriot devout practice. This seated
sphinx, and fraction-woman,fraction-lion, carries a bowl on its head. Since the 3rd
millennium BC in Egypt, or a male sphinx embo
died the powerful pharaoh. Greek and
C
ypriot culture transformed it into a fantastical female creature and guardian
of borders,especially that between life and
death. See more incredible objects
preserved and buried under the sea for over a thousand years in the BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds (19 May – 27 November 2016).
Cypriot ince
nse burner. Thonis-Heracleion, early 5th century BC. National Museum of Alexandria. 

Photo: Christoph Geri
gk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.

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