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Sphinx probably a table support Roman 120-140 CE from Monte Cagnolo outside Lanuvium near Rome, Italy by mharrsch on Flickr.
This paper model is the Great Sphinx of Giza (commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx), a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Eg...
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A sphinx statue (1625 - 1630) at the Hôtel de Sully mansion.
L'hôtel de Sully is an hôtel particulier of the Louis XIII style (French Renaissance). It was built between 1625 and 1630. The opulent sculptural decoration is unusual for Parisian buildings of the early Classical period.
The 17th century marked a golden age for French art in all fields. In the early part of the 17th century, late mannerist and early Baroque tendencies continued to flourish in the court of Marie de Medici and Louis XIII.
Про здание: стиль Людовика XIII (1610—1643) — поздний Ренессанс с элементами маньеризма и барокко, переходный период от позднего Ренессанса к Большому стилю.
ca. 1900-ca. 1940
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Close-up of the Luxor Hotel Sphinx in Las Vegas, Nev., Summer 2003. This photo was taken on May 9, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, using a Canon PowerShot Elph S300.
Another view of the unnamed New Kingdom sphinx at the Memphis museum. The building in the distance on the left houses the colossal statue of Rameses II. To the left of the sphinx, there is a block yard where you can explore the decorated stone blocks on display there. To the right, a row of shops. The large standing statue of Rameses II is directly behind us (out of shot).
If you look at how dark the photo is and conclude that it's about to rain, you may be right.
Memphis, Egypt
Close up of the limestone sphinx from the New Kingdom Period.
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Ancient Orient Museum of Istanbul
"The Sphynx is grand in its loneliness; it is imposing in its magnitude; it is impressive in the mystery that hangs over its story. And there is that in the overshadowing majesty of this eternal figure of stone, with its accusing memory of the deeds of all ages, which reveals to one something of what he shall feel when he shall stand at last in the awful presence of God."
-mark twain
The "Joseph Smith" Sphinx at Gilgal Gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was shot with an antique Futura-S camera and those are the actual edges of the negatives around the image.
Twelve-ton, red granite Sphinx of Ramesses II, (19th Dynasty, circa 1293-1185 BCE). It was excavated from the sacred enclosure of the temple of the god Ptah at Memphis, Egypt. The sphinx, a lion with a human head, represents the power of the Egyptian king, both to protect his people and to conquer the enemies of Egypt. This statue was buried up to its shoulders; only the exposed head was attacked by windblown sand, which eroded the facial features and the royal false beard. The inscriptions on the chest and around the base give the five names of Ramesses II. His son and successor, Merenptah, added his own cartouches to the shoulders after his father's death. This sphinx, the third largest known in the world was quarried at Aswan and transported by river to the Ptah Temple at Memphis, 600 miles away.
Left to right: Banded Sphinx (Eumorpha fasciatus) and a Carolina Sphinx (Manduca sexta) at Plainsboro Preserve.
A pair of sphinx (sphinkes? sphinxi?) on a corner of the roof of the Royal Scottish Academy, a Saltire fluttering from the flagpole behind them and on top of that a seagull which appears to be lording it over all of them.
A sphinx - Gizeh 2010
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Remains of the Persian age are scarse, but this beautiful sphinx (now in the archaeological museum in the castle of Bodrum) compensates much. It is a rare example of free-standing Achaemenid art. One reason for the paucity of Persian remains is that they belong to the oldest, and deepest strata, which are hard to excavate in a city near the sea. Another explanation is that in Turkey, the Achaemenid age is not a really popular subject.
Sphinx of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom
Dynasty 18
Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Senenmut Quarry, MMA 1926-1928
This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes headcloth and royal beard. The sculptor has carefully observed the powerful muscles of the lion as contrasted to the handsome, idealized face of the pharaoh. It was one of at least six granite sphinxes that stood in Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. Smashed into many fragments at the order of Hatshepsut's nephew and successor Thutmose III and dumped in a quarry close by, this beast was recovered by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition and reassembled. It weighs more than seven tons.