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The sphinx is a fabulous creature with the body of a lion and the head of a king. This one was successively inscribed with the names of the pharaohs. According to archaeologists, certain details suggest that this sphinx dates to an earlier period - the Old Kingdom (c. 2600 BC).
This is one of the largest sphinxes outside of Egypt. It was found in 1825 among the ruins of the Temple of Amun at Tanis (the capital of Egypt during the 21st and 22nd dynasties). This impressive stone sculpture with its precise details and polished surfaces is a work of admirable craftsmanship
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Moro sphinx ou sphinx colibri (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Mandibulata
Clase: Insecta
Subclase: Holometabola
Orden: Lepidoptera
Suborden: Glossata
Infraorden: Neolepidoptera
Superfamilia: Sphingiodea
Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
La envergadura alar de este lepidóptero nocturno puede superar los ocho centímetros. La coloración de las alas es similar en las anteriores y en las posteriores.
Su oruga, de color verde intenso con finas rayas oblicuas laterales de color rojizo, es una de las más grandes de la faunia de la península ibérica, pudiendo alcanzar los ocho centímetros de longitud. Se alimenta sobre el aligustre y otras oleáceas.
En Français:
Le sphinx du troène est un lépidoptère appartenant à la famille des Sphingidae.
Ce papillon nocturnes remarquable par sa taille (C'est l'un des plus grands sphingidae européens), et par la taille, forme et couleur de sa chenille. C'est une espèce qui a été introduite hors de son aire d'origine (Australie) et elle est devenue invasive.
* Répartition : région paléarctique.
* Envergure du mâle : 52 à 51 mm.
* Période de vol : de mai à août, une à deux générations.
* Habitat : jardins prairies.
* Plantes-hôtes : Ligustrum, Syringa, Fraxinus, Viburnum, Nerium, Sambucus, Spiraea, Paulownia, Catalpa, Jasminum et Ulex.
~TITLE OF SCULPTURE~
BASQUIAT SPHINX
APPROXIMATE SIZE OF SCULPTURE: 6.5" x 8.5 x 12" inches
Media: Acrylics on Cardboard.
* This piece is Signed Dated
for authenticity.
Created in July 2013.
Since my previous visit (www.flickr.com/photos/dslewis/sets/72157625559474322/) more stone has been added to cover the weathered stone from 10,000 BC or earlier
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.
Un sphinx colibri en vol photographié le 26/07/2009 avec un Canon 350D et une vitesse d'obturation de 1/1000 sec.
"The Sphinx is drowsy,
Her wings are furled:
Her ear is heavy,
She broods on the world."
From The Sphinx by Ralph Waldo Emerson