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Sphinx colibri, parc des rapides à LaSalle. (il est moins nette car il ventait beaucoup mais il était tellement beau).
Giant Sphinx Moth caterpillar (Cocytius antaeus) - The Main Park road (State Highway 9336) where it intersects with Rock Reef Pass, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida
A giant caterpillar I found near the Rock Reef Pass Boardwalk. This guy was easily the size of my index finger, and I have big fingers that Dah Wife says are the size of hot dogs. It was also quite a sturdy bugger that shook the shrub it was on when it vigorously wiggled as a defensive strategy against predators.
My thanks to the folks at BugGuide for their help in identifying this remarkable critter. Click on the following link to see the BugGuide posting.
the Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest structure created from a single piece of stone. It is also a figure synonymous with ancient Egyptian culture and remains shrouded in mystery.
With dimensions of 65 feet (20m) high, 260 feet (57m) long, and 20 feet (6m) wide
The Great Sphinx has the body of a lion and the face of a man (king?). The age of the sphinx is not known, with guesses varying between six-thousand and even thirteen-thousand years old. The commonly-held belief is that is was created during the 2700s BC,
Digital ID: 88410. G. Lekegian & Cie. -- Photographer. 1860s-1920s
Source: [Photographs and prints of Egypt and Syria.] (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Deux sphinx qui s'affrontent, à corps de lion et ailes d'oiseau, long cou encapuchonné d'une curieuse cagoule du type cotte de mailles.
Tourist exploring the area around the Sphinx Observatory.
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomical observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx, a rocky summit on which it is located. At 3,571 m above mean sea level, it is one of the highest observatories in the world. Accessible to the public, it is also the second highest observation deck in Switzerland.
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Morning in Sphinx Lakes Basin, Kings Canyon National Park. It was a long hike up to this area the day before in the on and off rain and snow. I camped close to this spot at a lower lake. Every step I took in this basin was magical.
Two headless sphinxes at Kom el Shoqafa. Between the sphinxes is a sundial. The sphinxes have cartouches with the name of king Apries (Apries is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haaibre, other spellings: Haaibra Wahibra, Ouaphris, Hophra) the 4th ruler of the 26th Dynasty.
Apries inherited the throne from his father, pharaoh Psamtik II. Apries' main achievements were on the international level, as he played a central part in the fall of Judah to Babylonia. King Zedekiah of Judah was his ally, but he did not intervene to help when Judah was attacked. The outcome of this was the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and a flood of refugees from Judah.
Apries had one military victory when he conquered Sidon of Phoenicia.
Apries was an active builder who constructed "additions to the temples at Athribis (Tell Atrib), Bahariya Oasis, Memphis and Sais.
His most dramatic failure was when his army was defeated while attacking Cyrene in Libya. The reaction of the army was mutiny, and they elected Ahmose II as the new king. They imprisoned Apries, but he escaped. A civil war broke out in the Nile Delta, and Apries was eventually murdered.
Ahmose II treated Apries' mortal remains with respect and observed the proper funerary rituals by having Apries' body carried to Sais and buried there with "full military honours."
Kom el Shoqafa, Alexandria
Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy. The sphinxes are cast in bronze and bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that say netjer nefer men-kheper-re di ankh, which translates as "the good god, Thuthmosis III given life". These sphinxes appear to be looking at the Needle rather than guarding it, due to the sphinxes' improper or backwards installation. On 4 September 1917, during World War I, a bomb from a German air raid landed near the needle. In commemoration of this event, the damage remains unrepaired to this day and is clearly visible in the form of shrapnel holes and gouges on the right-hand sphinx. Restoration work was carried out in 2005. The original master stone mason who worked on the granite foundation was Lambeth-born William Henry Gould (1822–1891)
Bereits vor Baubeginn der Jungfraubahn war die Einrichtung eines Observatoriums und einer meteorologischen Forschungsstation vom Gründer der Bahn, Adolf Guyer-Zeller, geplant. 1931 konnten die Laboratorien für Meteorologie, Glaziologie, Strahlungsforschung, Astronomie, Physiologie und Medizin auf (3'571 m ü. M.) mit einem Felsenheim für 13 Forscher eingeweiht werden. 1937 wurde das Sphinx-Observatorium bezogen. 1950 wurde dem Observatorium die Kuppel für astronomische Beobachtungen aufgesetzt, welche seither immer wieder den modernsten Erfordernissen der Wissenschaft angepasst wird. Das Forschungsgebäude selbst ist nicht zu besichtigen. Das Observatorium ist mit einem 111.4 Meter langen Lift erschlossen. Die Aussichtsplattform bietet den Besuchern bei schönem Wetter einen Ausblick bis in die Nachbarländer Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien. 1993 wurde die Sphinx für die Besucher renoviert. Drei Jahre waren nötig, um sie gemeinsam mit der schnellsten Liftanlage der Schweiz, der verglasten Aussichtshalle und der rund um das Gebäude verlaufenden Terrassen fertig zu stellen.
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The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a mythical creature that has a man's head and the reclining body of a lion. The Great Sphinx is one of the world's largest and oldest statues. Carved from bedrock on the west bank of the Nile, the Sphinx faces directly to the east. Behind it rise the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Over all, the Sphinx measures 240 feet (73 m) long from paw to tail, 66 feet (20 m) high from the base to the top of the head and 62 feet (19 m) wide at its rear haunches. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been designed, sculpted, and constructed by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC).
Drifting sand eventually buried the Sphinx up to its shoulders. In 1817 the first modern archaeological dig uncovered the Sphinx's chest completely, as seen here. But it wasn't until 1887, that the chest, paws, and body were all made visible. This photo was taken by the German photographer, Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, who was active in the Middle East between about 1864 and 1869, the year of his death. Although the CDV photo is marked on the reverse "C.T.H. 1869" this is most likely a reference to the original owner of the photo and the date he acquired it; not the date the photo was taken. The photo was most likely taken about 1865. This photo thus predates the complete excavation of the Sphinx that revealed its full size and extent.
The sphinx represented the divine nature of the king. Lions were believed to be the animals that embody solar power. The king, who was believed to be the son of the sun god Ra, was often depicted in the form of a lion. During the Roman Period, sphinxes were placed near tombs as a symbol of protection.
Roman Period, no provenance
Cat. 1412
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki 9.10.2020 - 21.3.2021
Collection of Museo Egizio, Turin
This rock is harder than steel yet the face carving is mirror like & the face symmetric is very accurate as if it was made by an advanced CNC. However the inscription isn’t of the same quality but good enough