Sphinx

A Sphinx is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology, where it received its name (Greek Σφι?ξ, "strangler"). The best known is the Great Sphinx of Giza.

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The Egyptian sphinx is an ancient iconic mythical creature usually comprised of a recumbent lion – an animal with sacred solar associations – with a human head, usually that of a pharaoh.

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:Main article:Great Sphinx of Giza.

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Old Kingdom: The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization complexity and achievement - this was the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the Nile Valley (the ot...

Sphinx related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Sphinx and Pyramid at Sunset	The Sphinx and the Chimera 1906	The Great Sphinx at Gizeh 1862	Charmed: Shadow of the Sphinx : An Original Novel (Paperback)
Charmed: Shadow of the Sphinx : An Original Novel (Paperback)	Sphinx Copy of the Original of 1703 by Antoine Gustave Watrinelle	The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza circa 1860	Sphinx Illustration from "Les Diaboliques" by Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly 1874