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The Avenue of the Sphinxes is a 3-km ancient processional route that once linked Luxor temple with the Temple of Mut at Karnak to the south. The avenue and sphinxes were built during the reign of Nectanebo I (380-363 BCE) who ruled during the 30th Dynasty. Each of the approximately 1350 sphinxes that originally lined the route is inscribed with his name.
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