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I have seen this pretty sphinx moth just a couple of times over many years of insect watching in Durham NC. I have recently been going back to some of my early digital images and giving them more careful processing. Happy Wing Wednesday!
Blinded Sphinx - Paonias excaecata (male)
Im Direktorentreppenhaus der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin PK, Unter den Linden 8, Berlin-Dorotheenstadt.
A replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza welcomes tourists into the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Luxor is the largest Pyramid in the United States and was the tallest building in Las Vegas when they opened in 1993. Pilots as far away as Los Angeles (275 miles) can see the beam of light shooting into space from the top of the Luxor and is in a navigational landmark for air traffic.
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The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human, and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre.
Sphinx pinastri caterpillar (Czech: lišaj borový) in the Bohemian mountains (Šumava), Czech Republic.
Le Sphinx est la statue thérianthrope qui se dresse devant les grandes pyramides du plateau de Gizeh, en Basse-Égypte. Sculpture monumentale monolithique la plus grande du monde1 avec 73,5 mètres de longueur, 14 mètres de largeur et 20,22 mètres de hauteur, elle représente un sphinx couchant. Réalisée vers 2500 av. J.-C., elle est attribuée2 à Khéphren, l'un des pharaons de la IVe dynastie de l'Ancien Empire, voire à son père, Khéops.
There are two sphinxes on the Thames Embankment, one either side of Cleopatra’s Needle. While the obelisk, erected in 1878, dates from around 1450BC, the sphinxes were created and added in 1882. They were designed by George Vulliamy and modelled by C. H. Mabey. According to the TourUK site, the bronze sphinxes were accidentally replaced facing the wrong way (that is, facing the obelisk) after being cleaned in the early years of the 20th century. Now I think about it, they do look a lot more recent than Ancient Egypt, and although the Ancient Egyptians used bronze, I don't think they made great use of it in sculptures.
22 mai 2021, Toulouse, Ponts Jumeaux ; ce papillon pas fini se promenait sur le gravier, je l'ai dirigé vers un support moins exposé
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,
On November 25, My partner and I went to special exhibition in The British Museum called "Journey through the afterlife ANCIENT EGYPTIAN - BOOK OF THE DEAD" which started from 4 of Nov till 6 March 2011. After the exhibition, he bought Bast bookends and this one for me. I thought of ANVReclife (Nicolas) so it will be decidated to him, only photo but Sphinx ducky is mine!
I always love Ancient Egypt since I was a child to now, absorbing their culture, Pharaohs and queens as well as gods and goddesses and fashions. I feel comfortable bringing it up and talk about them (Pharaohs, queens, gods and goddesses and their purposes, etc...) I guess it's one of my many past lives???
Sphinx presenting an offering.
The face of the sphinx appears to have the features of king Tutankhamun. This can be seen in the eyes and chin. He wears the nemes headdress and originally had human arms to hold the vases.
18th dynasty, from Karnak, Mut temple.
Luxor J49, Karnak OR 292
Luxor Museum
BPLDC no.: 08_04_000027
Page Title: Sphinx
Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 26)
Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn
Description: Scrapbook page including a photograph of a three-quarter view of the Sphinx in Egypt, with a pyramid in the background, and is annotated with quotes and information about the Sphinx.
Subjects:
Egypt
travel photography
Abū al-Hawl
Sphinxes
Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm
Annotations:
"Older than the Pyramids, older than history, the monster lies couchant like a watch dog, looking ever to the east, as if for some dawn that has not yet risen"Amelia B. Edwards
"On sait par une stèle du musée de Boulaq [now Gizeh] que le Grand Sphinx est anterieur au Roi Cheops de la IV Dynastie"-
P. Pierret
"At one time it was supposed to be a monument of the reign of Thothemes IV. [18th Dynasty] but it is now known to have been in existence prior to the time of Cheops."
Mariette. Monuments of Egypt p.70.
Egyptian"Hu"
Sun on Horizon
190 ft long.
65 ft high.
The face was originally red and covered with polished stone.
Its beard is now in the British Museum London
Language: English and French, photograph has French title
Rights: No known restrictions.
Coverage: Egypt
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
Format: Scrapbooks
Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints
BPL Department: Print Department
Photo 1:
Photographer: G. Lékégian & Cie.
Title: Sphinx de Ghizeh N 12
Date: ca. 1865-1895
The body is shown to the right, squatting on the hind legs, while the head is turned toward the viewer. On the head she wears a “polos “, which was originally decorated with painted rosettes and lotus buds. The hair at the front sets in waves on the forehead, and three beaded tresses hang to right and left of the face. The rear surface is roughly worked. The sphinx wears a necklace. The details are engraved only on the front wing, towards the viewer.
The sphinx, the demonic guardian of the tomb, was set above a grave stele as a crowing.
Source Nikolaos Kaltsas, “Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens”
Archaic period marble sculpture
Height 69 cm.
Pentelic marble
570 – 550 BC
From Spata, Attica
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. no. 28
Bumblebee Sphinx Moth also known as a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris diffinis) on a Texas Thistle (Cirsium texanum).
I finally found time to sneak out and take a few nature shots this morning ~ I noticed several Texas Thistles growing in a field so I stopped to take a few shots. It was a wonderful surprise when a Bumblebee Sphinx Moth showed up to enjoy the thistles too.
For more info on the Snowberry Clearwing
www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3439
Info on the Texas Thistle
(Cirsium texanum) Buckl.
For more info: www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cite2
In der Nähe der Kirche Santa Maria sopra Minerva, wo einst ein Tempel der Isis stand, wurden mehrere ägyptische Skulpturen gefunden, darunter diese Sphinx aus Basalt.
Sphinx with long curled hair, moving towards left. Plate black painted and decorated in Ionian-Rhodian style.
Ionic Rhodian plate
About 650-630 BC
From Kamiros
Paris, Musée du Louvre
The Sphinx dates from the reign of king Khafre. During the New Kingdom, Amenhotep II dedicated a new temple to Hauron-Haremakhet and this structure was added onto by later rulers.
A pleasant walk on the beach one evening and I spotted this beast rising up out of the sand, hmm is my imagination over active!? :)
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