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Egyptianized Sphinx from Nimrud

Nimrud was an Assyrian city on the Tigris (modern Iraq) which lasted for about 1000 years. You can tell that they were incorporating a lot of Egyptian iconography into their art and making it their own.

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Uploaded on November 16, 2008
Taken on November 15, 2008