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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

Salle Egyptienne du Louvre.Devant le grand sphinx. Egyptian hall in the Louvre.The large sphinx. Canvas, 69 x 88 cm Collection "Histoire du Louvre".
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Salle Egyptienne du Louvre.Devant le grand sphinx. Egyptian hall in the Lou...

Base of the reliquary of Abydos,the city where Osiris is said to be buried.The four winged lions represent the four goddesses who protect the reliquary. Diorite,H:14,6 cm E 11072
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Base of the reliquary of Abydos,the city where Osiris is said to be buried.The...

Magic ivory,carved and painted, L:16,1 cm Ouadjet eye,cobra,Anubis-dog,fabulous animals. E 3614 and MMA 26.7.1288
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Magic ivory,carved and painted, L:16,1 cm Ouadjet eye,cobra,Anubis...

Goddess Hathor flanked by two figures of Pharaohs, one with the red crown of Lower Egypt,the other with the white crown.A sphinx in the foreground.
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Goddess Hathor flanked by two figures of Pharaohs, one with the red crown of...

Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone; 1279-1217 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty). See also 03-03-02/58
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Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone...

Sphinx of Pharaoh Amenhotep III offering to the gods. 1391-1353 BCE. Faience. Gift of Lila Acheson Wallace.
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Sphinx of Pharaoh Amenhotep III offering to the gods. 1391-1353 BCE....

Lion-headed Imdugud bird on top of two stags. Relief, copper plated with wooden core (25th BCE) from the temple of Ninchursag at Tel-al-Ubeid, Mesopotamia. W.A.1144308
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Lion-headed Imdugud bird on top of two stags. Relief, copper plated wi...

Winged sphinx. Ivory and gold (8th-7th BCE) Size 19 x 15 cm Nr. 61882
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Winged sphinx. Ivory and gold (8th-7th...

Fish-man or water-sprite. Terracotta figurine (8th-7th BCE) Length 12 cm Nr. 3337
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Fish-man or water-sprite. Terracotta figurine (8th...

Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures from a relief on a white limestone ritual basin (17th BCE) from the great Temple D, Acropolis of Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
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Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures from a relief on a white...