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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis
Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Greek Funerary Sphinx
A sphinx in pentelic marble, from a funerary stele, c. 570 BCE.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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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...
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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...
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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).