Sphinx

Sphinx from a mausoleum at Arausio, (Orange, France). 1st century...

Sphinx in black granite; from Tanis. Drawn by G. Bénédite. From...

A basanite statue of a sphinx with the features of pharaoh Amasis...

This limestone and plaster piece depicts the female pharaoh Maatkare...

This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a striding sphinx...

Granite sphinx of Taharqa, 25th Dynasty, c. 690-664 BCE. This...

The Great Sphinx of Giza's construction date is subject to ongoing...

Ram-headed sphinxes deposited in the first court in Temple of Karnak...

Winged Sphinx from the palace of Darius the Great (549-486 BCE...

Sphinx seated, from Aegina, Greek 470 BCE, National Museum, Athens...

The mythology of the ancient Greeks is positively packed with stories...

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