Sphinx Collection (page 3)

BURIAL CHAMBER NEAR SPHINX
Entrance to a sepulchral burial chamber near the Sphinx. Date: 1801

Napoleon and sphinx
LOedipe: Napoleon face to face with the Sphinx in Egypt. Date: July 1798

Steam train on Cairo to Alexandria route, Egypt
Steam train on the Cairo to Alexandria route, Egypt, North Africa. Date: circa 1900

The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
A fine view of The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Scene from the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - also features his portrait profile and signature. Date: circa 1900s

Sphinx - Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle
Sphinx - River Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle. Westminster and Hungerford Bridge can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe - Le Baiser supreme
The final work by Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe (1827-1892) entitled Le Baiser supreme ( The Supreme Kiss or The Sphinx ) (marble), exhibited posthumously at the Salon of 1892

Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, London
One of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878

Sphinx at gardens of Belvedere Palace. 18th century. Vienna
Belvedere Palace. Gardens designed by Dominique Girard. Sphinx. Statue. Vienna. Austria

Egyptian art. Sphinx of Ptolemy XII Auletes (117-51 B. C. ). E
Egyptian art. Sphinx of Ptolemy XII Auletes (117-51 B.C.). Egyptian pharaoh and father of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII. Ptolemaic period. Temporary exhibition. Martin Gropius. Berlin. Germany

Urartu civilization. Bronze Sphinx. From Tushpa or Toprakkale. 7th century B.C. Turkey. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

EGYPT. TEMPLE OF LUXOR. Sphinxes Avenue. New Kingdom. Ancient Thebes

HMS Sphinx, composite paddle vessel launched in 1882, seen here after damage from a cyclone. Date: circa 1890s

Lighter made from stainless steel pocket watch, WW1
Lighter made from a stainless steel pocket watch, with the badge of the East Lancashire Regiment (Egypt) and steel German Hansa Cross. Trench Art

Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx, Egypt
Great Pyramid of Giza (or Gizeh) and Sphinx, Egypt. Date: 1857

Denon at Sphinx
Attached to Napoleons Egyptian expedition, Denon is instructed to take measurements of antiquities; he measures the Sphinx

Measuring the Sphinx
Denon, archeologist attached to Napoleons Egypt expedition, measures the Sphinx, which is in much better condition than it is today

Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
The Great Pyramid (Pyramid of Cheops) and the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest pyramid of the pyramid complex of Giza

Woman riding a camel in Giza, Egypt
Tourist woman riding a camel accompanied by a man and a local guide in Giza, Egypt. In the background the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza can be seen. Date: 1913

Sphinx Egypt, circa 1800s. Date: circa 1800s

Basalt caryatids guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. Syria
Syria. Entrance to the Aleppo National Museum. Basalt caryatids guarding the temple of Tell Halaf

Sphinx-shaped bracket. (27 B. C 14 A. C. ). Augustan period. Ma
Roman Art. Sphinx-shaped bracket. (27 b.C 14 a.C.). Augustan period. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Victorian Photo Album - four oval frames. 19th century

42nd Highlanders by the Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, c. 1882
Soldiers serving in Egypt were always keen to visit and photograph Egypts historic landmarks. In this image, the officers and men of the 42nd (Royal Highland)

Variegated baboon or mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Boy scouts on an alabaster Sphinx, Egypt

Sphinx and pyramids, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman
Early pictorial Egyptian souvenir postcard featuring deictions of the Sphinx, an Oasis and an Egyptian bedouin woman from Cairo, wearing an Arousa el Burqa (literally the Bride of the Veil)

The Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt - aerial photograph. Note the site is still being excavated at this stage. Date: circa 1930s

Sphinx Sundial - Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside
Sphinx Sundial on Bath Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside. This sundial was erected to celebrate the Relief of Mafeking in 1899

The Sphinx like statue in the grounds of the Egyptian Museum Cairo, is to the right of this image. European visitors queuing up outside the building Date: 1978

Lorna Holder sitting by a Sphinx-like statue - Egyptian Muse
Lorna Holder sitting by the Sphinx like statue in the grounds of the Egyptian Museum Cairo. Steps leading into the museum to the back right of the image. Date: 1978

Luxor, Karnak, Egypt - Avenue of the ram-headed Sphinxes
Luxor, Temple of Karnak, Egypt - Avenue of the ram-headed Sphinxes - Egypt, North Africa - Card series (8/8). Date: circa 1910s

Alexandria, Egypt - Pompeys Column (Pillar) and Sphinx. Date: circa 1910s

Egypt. Sphinx of Memphis. Alabaster
Egyptian Art. Sphinx of Memphis. Alabaster. Probably dates between 1700 and 1400 B.C. during the 18th dynasty. Is believed that the sphinx honored Hatshepsut

Alabaster Sphinx - Memphis, Egypt
The Alabaster Sphinx - Memphis, Egypt. The facial features imply that the Sphinx is honoring Hatshepsut or Amenhotep II or Amenhotep III. Date: circa 1910s

Egypt. Spinx of Giza. Detail. Lions claws
Egypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Detail

Egypt. Spinx of Giza
Egypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Old Kingdom

Visit Egypt advertisement, 1929
Advertisement promoting Egypt as a travel destination with an illustration of a glamorous couple posing against a backdrop of the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza. Date: 1929

British troops at the Sphinx, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Egypt. Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza. View. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Fantastic Adventures - Shadow of the Sphinx
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1946, featuring the story Shadow of the Sphinx by William Lawrence Hamling. A scary looking skeleton lies its hand on the shoulder of a young beautiful woman

Marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Totoes in the form of a sphinx. It comes from Amphipolis (Macedonia). II century a.C. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Fragment of the beard of the Great Sphinx of Giza. Egypt. New Kingdom. 14th century BC. 1420BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Early Classical. Guardian Sphinxes. 5th BC. Lycian. Xanthos
Early Classical. Late Archaic. Guardian Sphinxes. Limestone. 470BC-450BC. Lycian. Xanthos, building H. Turkey. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Sphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Syria
Sphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria

Sphinx. Basalt. Syria
Sphinx. Basalt. Guarded the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria

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