Sphinxes
18 entries in the Sphinxes compendium.
Black Sphinx of NebthuConan pursues Thoth-Amon into Stygia and beyond.Cesnola sphinx funerary steleClassic Greek funerary stele with two sphinxes, part of the Cesnola Collection.Great Sphinx of GizaAncient limestone sphinx on the Giza Plateau, Egypt.Great Sphinx of TanisAncient Egyptian pink granite sphinx with debated origins.Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression (Saint Petersburg)Monument to Soviet repression with dual-faced sphinxes.Oedipus and the Sphinx1864 painting by Gustave Moreau of Oedipus and the Sphinx.Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres)Ingres's student work enlarged into a narrative scene.Phoenician Sphinx inscriptionInscription on a sphinx socle dedicated to Milk'ashtart El-Hammon.Potaissa Sphinx statueBronze sphinx of disputed authenticity, lost after 1849.896 SphinxA 13-km background asteroid discovered by Max Wolf in 1918.Sphinx of MemphisAlabaster sphinx near Memphis, honoring an unknown pharaoh.Sphinx of NaxosMarble sphinx votive offering from Naxos at Delphi.Sphinx of TaharqoA granite sphinx blending Egyptian and Kushite royal iconography.Sphinx tilingA pentagonal rep-tile tiling the plane non-periodically.Sphinx water erosion hypothesisFringe claim that Sphinx erosion dates to Predynastic times.The Sphinx (poem)Oscar Wilde's Decadent poem of a Sphinx's sexual history.The Sphinx (song)A 1978 downtempo disco ballad by Amanda Lear.Tanite sphinxesSeven sphinxes once misattributed to Hyksos rulers, now linked to Amenemhat III.
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