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Definition by Mark Cartwright

Great Exhibition

The 1851 Great Exhibition was held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, to showcase the latest developments in engineering, science, and the arts, as well as objects of cultural significance from Britain and abroad. Running...
Phoenician Ivory Sphinx Plaque
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Phoenician Ivory Sphinx Plaque

This ivory plaque is part of the so-called "Nimrud Ivories." The sphinx wears the typical Egyptian Pharaohs' double crown and an apron with cobra. This indicates that the plaque was made by a Phoenician craftsman. From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu...
Oedipus & the Sphinx of Thebes
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Oedipus & the Sphinx of Thebes

A red-figure tondo showing Oedipus and the sphinx of Thebes, from Vulci, 470 BCE. Vatican Museums, Rome.
Nimrud Ivory Plaque of an Egyptian Sphinx
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Nimrud Ivory Plaque of an Egyptian Sphinx

A winged human-headed sphinx wears the double crown of Egypt. An apron hangs down on the chest with a projecting uraeus (rearing cobra) similar to those worn by Egyptian pharaohs. A striking Phoenician style. Excavated by Sir Max Mallowan...
Nimrud Ivory Panel of a Winged Sphinx
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Nimrud Ivory Panel of a Winged Sphinx

Never seen by the public before 2011. A small fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. This winged-sphinx is Egyptian and wears the double crown of Egypt as well as a chest apron, the typical royal costume of Egyptian pharaohs. Phoenician...
Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis
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Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis

Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Greek Funerary Sphinx
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Greek Funerary Sphinx

A sphinx in pentelic marble, from a funerary stele, c. 570 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Nimrud Ivory of a Winged Sphinx
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Nimrud Ivory of a Winged Sphinx

Never seen by the public before 2011. A small fragment of an ivory plaque from Nimrud. A winged human-headed sphinx wears the double crown of Egypt. An apron hangs down on the chest with a projecting uraeus (rearing cobra) similar to those...
Ivory Furniture Inlay with Sphinx
Image by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Ivory Furniture Inlay with Sphinx

This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a striding sphinx. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a length of 7.5 cm and a width of 7 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel...
Naxian Sphinx of Delphi
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Naxian Sphinx of Delphi

The Sphinx dedicated to the oracle of Delphi by the state of Naxos, c. 560 BCE. Originally, it was placed atop a 10 m tall Ionic column. (Delphi Archaeological Museum).
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