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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Winged Female Sphinx
This statue of a winged female sphinx has a clear mixture of Greek and Egyptian art styles. Egyptian winged sphinxes had their wings flat against their backs, but this one's wings extend backward.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Memphis
The Sphinx of Memphis is considered to be one of the most beautiful sphinxes in Egypt. It is known as the "Alabaster Sphinx" because it is made of that stone.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Amenhotep the Second
The human faces of sphinxes usually have the same facial features as the kings who reigned when the sphinxes were made. This sphinx portrays King Amenhotep the Second.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Amenemhat the Third
Seven sphinxes of Amenemhat were found in Tanis in the eastern Delta. They were thus called the Tanite sphinxes. Instead of the traditional Nemes headdress, the pharaoh's face is framed by a massive lion's mane that increases the sense...
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Shepenwepet
This sphinx of Shepenwepet portrays her as the God's Wife of Amun-Re. The statue is sculpted in the elegant style traditional in the Late Period.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Tutankhamun
King Tutankhamun is depicted here in the form of a human-headed sphinx wearing the Double Crown.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut
This sphinx is an elegant feminine portrait of Hatshepsut. It is carved in a fairly classical pose. The front legs extend forward and the tail curls around the right hind leg.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx Representing Tutankhamun
According to the features of the statue, the deep eye cavities, the channels of beard and the royal head cloth, this sphinx may be attributed to the reign of Tutankhamun.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp in the Form of a Sphinx
An oil lamp in the form of a Sphinx. It has, on its head, a crown formed of the horns of a cow with the sun disk.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Obelisk and Sphinx
Obelisk and sphinx with palm tree
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pyramid Sphinx
Pyramid and Sphinx at Gizeh - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pyramids and Sphinx
Pyramids and sphinx
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sphinx at Thebes
Nine hundred sphinx's with rams' heads, representing Amon, were built in Thebes, where his cult was strongest.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Sculptors
Workmen are represented polishing and painting statues of men, sphinxes, and small figures; and two instances occur of large granite colossi, surrounded with scaffolding, on which men are engaged in polishing and chiselling the stone,...
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Image of the Granite Sphinx of Hatshepsut
A biography of Hatshepsut and a discussion of the reasons her successor Tuthmosis decided to try to "remove" her from Egyptian history.
Other
Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids?
An extensive article discussing the work of Dr. Mark Lehner, a specialist on the history of the Pyramids and their construction. The article includes a number of excellent illustrations.
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Sculptures of Ancient Egypt
There are links at the bottom of the page that list the Giza Sphinx, Luxor, Karnak and Memphis Sphinx' and The Great Sphinx. Nice images and short histories.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Ancient Egypt Religion
Topics discussed: creation, symbols, polytheism, Book of the Dead, Mummification, Cartouche, Curse of the Mummy, pyramids, and the Riddle of Sphinx. Very Interactive!!! - Make your own cartouche, explore a tomb, and make your own mummy.
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Nova Online Adventures: Pyramids, the Inside Story
Use this site to explore the pyramids of Egypt and to learn how they were built and why.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Egypt Facts and Information
Learn about ancient Egyptian civilization, gods and goddesses, mummies and tombs, pyramids, the Great Sphinx of Giza, and other interesting facts.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Great Sphinx
This colossal figure, human-headed and lion-bodied, is hewn from the natural rock. The body is about 150 feet long, the paws 50 feet, the head 30 feet. The height from the base of the top of the head is 70 feet. Except for its head and...
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History.com: 10 Awe Inspiring Photos of the Ancient Pyramids of Egypt
From the early step pyramids to the towering Great Pyramids of Giza, the tombs are among the few surviving wonders of the ancient world. This site offers 10 photos of Ancient Pyramids of Egypt.
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Eternal Egypt: Khafra
King Khafra is the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty and the owner of the Great Sphinx and the second pyramid on the famous Giza Plateau.
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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Nemesis
Nemesis, the goddess of revenge and the watcher of the bodies of the dead, is portrayed in a drawing as a Greek-winged Sphinx.