A Shpinx at Karnak : Photos tagged as sphinx

A Shpinx at Karnak

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.

• Date: 3 April 2009
• Photographer: RachMulder: gallery
• Uploaded: 6th Apr 2009
• Location: Cairo, Egypt: gallery
• Tags: buildings luxor sphinx karnak ram
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