Sphinx Collection (page 5)

Orientalising Vase with Harpy, Sphinx and Lion, c6th century BC

Oedipus and the Sphinx on a Greek sarcophagus, in the National Museum in Athens

Painted Mycenaean plaster head, possibly of a Sphinx
Painted 16.8cm high plaster head, possibly of a Sphinx, from Mycenae. Now in the National Museum in Athens

Terracotta head of a Sphinx, 6th century BC
An acroterion terracotta head of a Sphinx from Thebes, proably from the temple of Apollo Ismenios, 6th century BC

Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt, 18th or 19th Dynasty, c14th-13th century BC

Head detail of Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt, 18th or 19th Dynasty, c14th-13th century BC

Closeup of Sphinxs head, Temple sacred to Amun Mut & Khons, Luxor, Egypt, c370 BC
Closeup of a sphinxs head from the avenue of Sphinxes, Temple sacred to Amun Mut and Khons, Luxor, Egypt, c370 BC. The avenue of Sphinxes leads the way to the Temple sacred to Amun, Mut and Khons

Frontal view of sphinx from the avenue of Sphinxes, Temple sacred to Amun Mut & Khons, Luxor, Egypt
Frontal view of a sphinx from the avenue of Sphinxes, Temple sacred to Amun Mut and Khons, Luxor, Egypt, c370 BC. The avenue of Sphinxes leads the way to the Temple sacred to Amun, Mut and Khons

A sphinx from the avenue of Sphinxes, Temple sacred to Amun Mut & Khons, Luxor, Egypt, c370 BC
A sphinx from the avenue of Sphinxes, Temple sacred to Amun Mut and Khons, Luxor, Egypt, c370 BC. The avenue of Sphinxes leads the way to the Temple sacred to Amun, Mut and Khons

Relief of the Pharaoh smiting his enemies, Temple sacred to Amun, Mut and Khons, Luxor, Egypt

Temple sacred to Amun Mut & Khons (Khonsu), Luxor, Egypt
Temple sacred to Amun Mut and Khons (Khonsu) the sacred triad of Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The temple was built from the 12th Dynasty onwards including much by Amenhotep III and Rameses II

Ram-headed sphinxes, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt. The Ram-headed Shinx is sacred to Amun-Ra. Each one protects an image of the Pharaoh in the avenue leading into the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak

Closeup of head ofThe Sphinx, period of Khafre (Chephren), 4th Dynasty, 26th century BC
Closeup of head ofThe Sphinx, period of Khafre (Chephren), Giza, Egypt, 4th Dynasty, 26th century BC

The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt, period of Khafre, 4th Dynasty, 26th century BC
The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt, period of Khafre (Chephren), Giza, Egyptian, 4th Dynasty, 26th century BC

Line of ram-headed sphinxes, temple of Rameses II, Karnak, Egypt, 13th century BC. Rameses reign (1279-1213 BC) was notable for an upsurge in the rate of temple building

The Great Sphinx at Giza, Ancient Egyptian, c2550 BC. A portrait statue of King Khafre (Chephren) in the form of a sphinx, a mythical creature with a lions body and human head who posed riddles

The Great Sphinx at night, Gizeh, Egypt. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren), and Menkaura (Men-kau-re)

Artefacts (Sphinx figures) from Turkey, 1800 BC

Sphinx from Sparta, Ancient Greece. In Greek mythology a Sphinx was a female monster with a human head and a lions body. It posed riddles and killed people who could not answer

The Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, a Roman funerary monument found outside the Roman town walls of Colchester in 1821. Now in Colchester Castle Museum, 1st century

The Roman Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, from a Roman funerary monument at Colchester, Essex. It is made of Bath oolite, 1st century

The Sphinx, Egypt, 1744. The huge head of the Sphinx, seen from the front. It is just in front of the second pyramid of Memphis. Engraving after FL Norden

The Sphinx is silent, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Sphinx is silent, 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, is here depicted as a great Sphinx, whilst, below him

Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx, ca. 1779-84. Creator: Louis Jean Desprez
Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx, ca. 1779-84

Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata / Liber Secundus / et ab Enea Vic... published ca
Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata/ Liber Secundus/et ab Enea Vico Parmen Incis. published ca. 1599-1622. After Battista Franco. Formerly attributed to Enea Vico

Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930
Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, 63 Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930. A man with a hand-drawn milk cart waits in front of a gateway with sphinxes on the posts

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