Travel Photography Photos tagged as sphinx
Adam and Lauren thinks the Sphinx is cool
This serirs of over hunderd sphinx-es line the front of the Loxor Temple
Had no Idea that this was by no means the only Sphinx in accient Egypt. There are perhaps a thousand others along the Nile - from Luxor to Aswan. But then, this is by far the largest - Gigantic !!!
Luxor Sphinx Closeup with pharaoh statue. Notice the classic ancient Egyptian body type on the Pharaoh
Luxor Sphinx Closeup with pharaoh statue. Notice the classic ancient Egyptian body type on the Pharaoh
Luxor Hotel Sphinx at night
Luxor Pyramid Hotel at Night
Luxor Pyramid Hotel at Night
Luxor Hotel Walkway at Night
Sphinx cairo egypt
A beautifully preserved Sphinx with a ram's head at Karnak. There were hundreds of these bordering either side of a long path. The original idea was to connect the temple at Luxor with the Karnak complex and line the entire road with these, but it was never completed.
My buddy Sphinx ;-) Actually not the only Sphinx - just the biggest - this dude is the tallest statue in Egypt. We weren't allowed to go close enough to touch.
Archeological museum of Ancient Corinth - Greece. Marble sphinx from a funerary monument (6th century B.C.)
Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt
Sphinx in Cairo