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- Gr**** or Levantine/Mesopotamian ones, Egyptian sphinxes were not winged. Both the Gr**** and Egyptian sphinxes were thought of as guardians, and statues of...
- Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks. Construction of the Avenue of Sphinxes began during the New Kingdom...
- Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis Sphinx International...
- Egyptian sphinxes, the Great Sphinx has a man's head and no wings). The English word sphinx comes from the ancient Gr**** Σφίγξ (transliterated: sphinx) apparently...
- Karnak area was lined with human-headed sphinxes; in ancient times it is probable that these replaced earlier sphinxes which may have had different heads....
- Quay with Sphinxes (Sphinxes at the Universitetskaya Embankment) is a quay at the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, in front of the Imperial...
- CMU Sphinx, also called Sphinx for short, is the general term to describe a group of speech recognition systems developed at Carnegie Mellon University...
- The Sphinx Head Society is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. Sphinx Head recognizes Cornell senior men and women who have demonstrated...
- surprising, that any insect should be able to reach the nectar: our English sphinxes have probosces as long as their bodies, but in Madagascar, there must be...
- The Riddle of the Sphinx is an element of Gr**** mythology. Riddle of the Sphinx may also refer to: Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure, 2000 videogame...