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Today, it’s the sphinx outside the House of the Temple, the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Southern Jurisdiction.
"This colossal edifice, located at 1733 Sixteenth Street NW in Washington, D.C. was a replica of a pre-Christian temple–the temple of King Mausolus, the original mausoleum . . . a place to be taken after death. Outside the main entrance, two seventeen-ton sphinxes guarded the bronze doors."
--Prologue, The Lost Symbol.
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Europe Trip 2010 - Day 07
December 30, 2010
Sphinx Observatory is an observatory located on Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. The mountain top has been hollowed to fit an elevator that leads to the observatory from the train station and ice Palace.
Chenille mature de Sphinx du pin (Sphinx pinastri, Sphingidae, Sphinginae, Sphingini) trouvée en phase mobile prépupation. L'animal semble passablement maigre pour cette phase, mais a refusé toute nourriture et s'est enterré dès qu'il avait eu de la terre à disposition.
An oblique view of a black stone sphinx inscribed (possibly reinscribed) with the name of Horemheb.
Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey. It is found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. The mandrill is the most colorful primate. It has an olive green or dark grey pelage with yellow and black bands and a white belly. Its hairless face has an elongated muzzle with distinctive characteristics such as a red stripe down the middle and protruding blue ridges on the sides. It also has red nostrils and lips, a yellow beard and white tuffs. The coloration of the animal is more pronounced in dominant adult males.
Max Klein
Sphinx, 1891
Buntsandstein
Bismarckbrücke, Berlin Grunewald
Die Brückenköpfe der Bismarckbrücke werden von vier Sphingen bewacht. Sie liegen auf großen steinernen Postamenten, die das Brüstungsgeländer begrenzen.1891 schuf der Bildhauer Max Klein die sandsteinernen Fabelwesen, eine kolossale Mischung aus gründerzeitlichem Frauenideal und ägyptischer Sphinx. Vier Obelisken und Vasen auf den Brüstungen runden das Bild ab.
at first, we thought there was a small hummingbird in our hostas... but then we realized it was a giant moth! it's wing span was at least 3". we had never seen anything like it and my husband took great pics that helped us identify it as the White-lined sphinx.
A sphinx based on either Amenhotep I or Thutmose I. Located in a museum near Saqqara and Memphis in Egypt.
Piazza del Popolo is a large square with a huge monument in the centre surrounded by four lion-headed fountains at its base. On either end of the square, elliptical walls are defended by a series of Sphinx on graduated steps to a plinth at the end, on which there is a sculpture. In front of each of the walls facing the monument in the middle are further large ornate fountains. They certainly didn't hold back on the ornamentation here, that's for sure! (Glad I don't have to dust or clean 'em!)
A piece of art I created for a "Makes Me Think of Egypt" themed competition held by Amateur Photographer and the British Egyptian Society. I got a letter today saying it was one of the top 50 photographs so will be displayed at the British Museum.
Just in case you're wondering, the fire in the background of this shot is from when I set fire to my maths book and the Sphinx is a miniature model I bought for a quid (from Skegness I think).
Technically not a sphinx, but I have no better name for it. Its head reminds me of Joyce. It was made by Szymek when he was 12 years old (and I'm quite sure that he knew very little about Joyce at the time).
The sphinx sits on the pages of Joyce's Ulysses (Polish translation, by M. Słomczyński, PIW 1969).
Vancouver, March 2007.
The Sphinx was carved out of bedrock sometime around 2500 BCE (but restoration uses blocks). It was built as the guard to Khafre's pyramid but later took on the role of a god and was worshipped (as noted by Pliny the Elder in his manuscript Natural History 77-79 CE). It is believed the face is that of Khafre.
Contrary to popular belief, the face was not targeted by Napoleon's artillery. It is believed the nose was removed by an extremist who believed removing the nose was how you defeated the pagan god.