Editing Sphinx (section)

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File:Maned sphinx of Amenemhat III. 12th Dynasty, c. 1800 BC. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.jpg|Maned sphinx of [[Amenemhat III]]. 12th Dynasty, c. 1800 BC. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.
File:Egyptian sphinx from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. 1st century AD. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.jpg|Egyptian sphinx from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. 1st century AD. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.
File:Column base in the shape of a double sphinx. From Sam'al. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.jpg|Column base in the shape of a double sphinx. From Sam'al. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.
File:Hittite sphinx. Basalt. 8th century BC. From Sam'al. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.jpg|Hittite sphinx. Basalt. 8th century BC. From Sam'al. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.
File:Sphinx Darius Louvre.jpg|Winged sphinx from the palace of [[Darius the Great]] during [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] at [[Susa]] (480 BC)
File:Persian sphinx at Halicarnassus.jpg|Achaemenid sphinx from [[Halicarnassus]], capital of [[Caria]], 355 BC. Found in [[Bodrum Castle]], but possibly from the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]].
File:Head from a Female Sphinx, ca. 1876-1842 B.C.E.,56.85.jpg|Head from a female sphinx, c. 1876–1842 BC, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
File:The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.jpg|The [[Great Sphinx of Giza]] in 1858
File:Museo Egizio di Torino-631 o.jpg|Typical Egyptian sphinx with a human head ([[Museo Egizio]], [[Turin]])
File:Hatshepsut-SmallSphinx MetropolitanMuseum.png|Sphinx of Egyptian pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]] with unusual ear and ruff features, 1503–1482
File:028MAD Sphinx.jpg|[[Sphinx of Naxos|Ancient Greek sphinx]] from [[Delphi]]
File:Esfinge de Agost (M.A.N. Inv.38445) 01.jpg|The [[Iberians|Iberian]] [[Sphinx of Agost]] c. 570-545 BC, one of the many sphinxes found in Spain
File:Sphinxes.jpg|3000-year-old sphinxes were imported from Egypt to embellish public spaces in [[Saint Petersburg]] and other [[Europe]]an [[Capital (political)|capitals]].
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 170-770, Potsdam, Sanssouci, Sphinx im Park Sanssouci.jpg|[[Park Sanssouci]] in [[Potsdam]]
File:Queluz Palace sphynx statue and ballroom wing.JPG|[[Queluz National Palace|Queluz]] wingless rococo sphinx
File:Enghien CHSph1JPG.jpg|Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, the {{Interlanguage link|Parc d'Enghien|nl}}, [[Belgium]]
File:Sphinx - Park Schönbusch.jpg|Park Schönbusch in [[Aschaffenburg]], [[Bavaria]], 1789–90
File:IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg|[[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]], ''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres)|Oedipus and the Sphinx]]'', 1808, 1827
File:Oedipus and the Sphinx MET DP-14201-023.jpg|''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx]]'' by [[Gustave Moreau]], 1864
File:Jardin El Capricho Sfinxs at Plaza de los Emperadores05 cropped.jpg|Sphinx at Plaza de los Emperadores (Parque de El Capricho, [[Madrid]])
File:Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital.jpg|Marble sphinx on a [[cavetto]] capital, Attic, c. 580–575 BC
File:Asmara, museo nazionale, la sfinge di adi gramaten 03.jpg|The Sphinx of Adi Gramaten, [[Eritrea]]
File:Wings of sphinges, Neapolis.JPG|Wings of sphinxes from the Thinissut sanctuary, c. 1st century AD ([[Nabeul Museum]], [[Tunisia]])
File:Sphinx of Hetepheres II - fourth dynasty of Egypt.jpg|An early Egyptian sphinx, Queen [[Hetepheres II]] from the Fourth Dynasty ([[Cairo Museum]])
File:Elamite Gopat.jpg|Picture of an Iranian Elamite Gopat on a seal, currently in the [[National Museum of Iran]]
File:A Luristan Bronze in the form of a Gopat.jpg|An Iranian Luristan Bronze in the form of a Gopat, currently in the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]]
File:Picture of a Gopat on a rython from Amarlou.jpg|Picture of a Gopat on a golden rhyton from Amarlou, Iran, currently in the [[National Museum of Iran]]
File:Sculpture model of an Egyptian sphinx. Late Period, 664-332 BCE. From Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin.jpg|Sculpture model of an Egyptian sphinx. Late Period, 664-332 BC. From Egypt. Neues Museum, Berlin.
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