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Landscape near Thebes, Boeotia. The Sphinx sancturay was located here.
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Landscape near Thebes, Boeotia. The Sphinx sancturay was located here.

Sphinx,rose granite,from Tanis,Egypt. The inscriptions are from various pharaos,from Sheshonk,Meremptah,and Amenemhat II. 480 x 154 x 183 cm A 23
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Sphinx,rose granite,from Tanis,Egypt. The inscriptions are fro...

Fragment of the beard of the Great Spinx (New Kingdom, 14th BCE?). Part of the plaited, "divine" type of beard, depicted on gods and the dead, rather than kings and the living. The beard was probably added during restoration work in the 18th dynasty (1550-1295 Mill.BCE) and fell off in antiquity. EA, 58
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Fragment of the beard of the Great Spinx (New Kingdom, 14th BCE?). Part of the...

Sphinx with proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, from Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai, Middle Kingdom, around 1800 BCE. The semi-precious stone turquoise was extracted here from the Middle Kingdom onwards. Hathor, the goddess associated with turquoise, is named in the hieroglyphic inscription on the right shoulder. The proto-sinaitic inscription includes a similar name, the inscriptions are therefore bilingial, like the Rosetta stone. EA 41748
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Sphinx with proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, from Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai, Middle K...

"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire", London 1801 - 1804. ID: 762.h.2, pp 22-23
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"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palest...

Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone; 1279-1217 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty). See also 08-01-21/36
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Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone...

Head of a sphinx,Corinthian style from Thebes (Greece),around 530 BCE. Terracotta,34,5 x 19 cm
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Head of a sphinx,Corinthian style from Thebes (Greece),around 530 BCE....

A sphinx. Early 6th BCE. H: 53 cm
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A sphinx. Early 6th BCE. H: 53 cm

Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, from the Brygos tomb at Capua, Campania, Italy. The sphinx was coated in fine,white slip. The red-figure scenes on the cup show Kekrops, the legendary, snake-bodied king of Athens. The spout between the front legs of the sphinx was closed, probably with a finger, while the cup was filled and the wine then allowed to flow out, from a considerable height, into a cup or bowl below. GR 1873.8-20,265
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Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, fr...

Sphynx with amber face, bone. Greek import. From the tumulus Grafenbuehl, Asperg, Germany Size 5.2 cm
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Sphynx with amber face, bone. Greek import. From the tumulus Grafenb...

The avenue of sphinxes, leading up to the first pylon of the Temple of Amun (13th BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Luxor.
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The avenue of sphinxes, leading up to the first...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. The monument is partly sculpted out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It wears a pharaoh's ritual wig, the pharaoh's beard is missing. (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. T...