Stanford Mausoleum

Stanford, California USA

White-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lieata) feeding on Verbena lilacina (Lilac Verbena). Los Angeles, Calif., 4/19/09.

Piazza Bra

Giza, Egypt

Newport, RI

Nikon D70

sandstone

around 15 BC

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Taken on a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC on 8/21/09.

Sphinx in Retiro, Madrid, Spain

This photo was taken on the Avenue of the Sphinx. These statues are all smaller versions of the famous Sphinx which was under repair at the time I was there. We couldn't get close enough to get good photos of it.

près de l'aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur

14/10/2022

Moro-sphinx ou Sphinx Colibri

A broken sphinx.

Anfushi Necropolis, Alexandria

A night visitor about the size of a hummingbird.

unclear what this money pit was doing by the Sphinx, but peeps were definitely throwing their money in there.

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Detail of a Lycian sarcophagus in the Archeology Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sphinx - Giza, Egypt - December 9, 2012

White-lined Sphinx

Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

Family: Sphingidae

Subfamily: Macroglossinae

Identification: Upperside of forewing is dark olive brown with paler brown along the costa and outer margin, a narrow tan band running from the wing tip to the base, and white streaks along the veins. Hindwing upperside is black with a reddish pink median band.

Cairo, Egypt

Sphinx

for the Sphinx SDP Compact.

A spinx from Roman times at Edfu

(2007)

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Votive statue of a sphinx. The feathers on her breast and wings are painted. C. 560 BCE.

Kitty looked so cute

Shonky accomodation, walking distance to the Sphinx.

One of two concrete Sphinx statues outside the MH deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park. In 1912 these replaced the black granite statues that had been placed there in 1884 and taken down in 1905. The artist who created them was Arthur Putnam.

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Cairo, Egypt

These photos were decent, but just didn't make the cut for show'n off the @Sphinx SDP Compact.

Sphinx at the bottom of the Egyptian Escalator, Harrods, Knightsbridge, London, England.

The 'Sphinx' as seen from four different shots.

The Sphinx stands as guardian of the Lost City, his gaze stretching to the horizon.

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Looking south along the avenue of sphinxes between Luxor and Karnak Temple. Excavation work continues.

Luxor, Egypt

Sphinxes in Front of First Pylon of Karnak Temple, Egypt, November 2010

Sphinx moth (Adhemarius sp.) from Cusuco National Park, Honduras, Central America. July 2010.