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| ==Translations== | | ==Translations== |
| ar: سفنكس; azb: ابوالهول; az: Sfinks; bar: Sphinx; ba: Сфинкс; be_x_old: Сьфінкс; be: Сфінкс; bg: Сфинкс; bn: স্ফিংক্স; br: Sfins; bs: Sfinga; ca: Esfinx; co: Sfingi; csb: Sfinks; cs: Sfinx; cy: Sffincs; da: Sfinks; de: Sphinx; el: Σφίγγα; en: Sphinx; eo: Sfinkso; es: Esfinge; et: Sfinks; eu: Esfinge; fa: ابوالهول; fi: Sfinksi; fr: Sphinx; gl: Esfinxe; gv: Sphinx; he: ספינקס; hr: Sfinga; hu: Szphinx; hy: Սֆինքս; id: Sfinks; io: Sfinxo; is: Sfinx; it: Sfinge; ja: スフィンクス; ka: სფინქსი; kk: Сфинкс; kn: ಸ್ಫಿಂಕ್ಸ್; ko: 스핑크스; lad: Sfenks; la: Sphinx; lb: Sphinx; lt: Sfinksas; lv: Sfinksa; mg: Sphinx; mk: Сфинга; ml: സ്ഫിങ്സ്; ms: Sfinks; my: စဖင့်ရုပ်များ; nl: Sfinx; nn: Sfinks; no: Sfinks; oc: Esfinx; os: Сфинкс; pa: ਸਫਿੰਕਸ; pl: Sfinks; pnb: ابو الہول; pt: Esfinge; ro: Sfinx; ru: Сфинкс; sco: Sphinx; sh: Sfinga; simple: Sphinx; sl: Sfinga; sr: Сфинга; sv: Sfinx; sw: Sfinksi; ta: இசுபிங்சு; te: సింహిక; tg: Абулҳавл; th: สฟิงซ์; tr: Sfenks; uk: Сфінкс; ur: ابوالہول; vi: Nhân sư; war: Sphinx; wuu: 斯芬克斯; yi: ספינקס; zh: 斯芬克斯 | | ar: سفنكس; azb: ابوالهول; az: Sfinks; bar: Sphinx; ba: Сфинкс; be_x_old: Сьфінкс; be: Сфінкс; bg: Сфинкс; bn: স্ফিংক্স; br: Sfins; bs: Sfinga; ca: Esfinx; co: Sfingi; csb: Sfinks; cs: Sfinx; cy: Sffincs; da: Sfinks; de: Sphinx; el: Σφίγγα; en: Sphinx; eo: Sfinkso; es: Esfinge; et: Sfinks; eu: Esfinge; fa: ابوالهول; fi: Sfinksi; fr: Sphinx; gl: Esfinxe; gv: Sphinx; he: ספינקס; hr: Sfinga; hu: Szphinx; hy: Սֆինքս; id: Sfinks; io: Sfinxo; is: Sfinx; it: Sfinge; ja: スフィンクス; ka: სფინქსი; kk: Сфинкс; kn: ಸ್ಫಿಂಕ್ಸ್; ko: 스핑크스; lad: Sfenks; la: Sphinx; lb: Sphinx; lt: Sfinksas; lv: Sfinksa; mg: Sphinx; mk: Сфинга; ml: സ്ഫിങ്സ്; ms: Sfinks; my: စဖင့်ရုပ်များ; nl: Sfinx; nn: Sfinks; no: Sfinks; oc: Esfinx; os: Сфинкс; pa: ਸਫਿੰਕਸ; pl: Sfinks; pnb: ابو الہول; pt: Esfinge; ro: Sfinx; ru: Сфинкс; sco: Sphinx; sh: Sfinga; simple: Sphinx; sl: Sfinga; sr: Сфинга; sv: Sfinx; sw: Sfinksi; ta: இசுபிங்சு; te: సింహిక; tg: Абулҳавл; th: สฟิงซ์; tr: Sfenks; uk: Сфінкс; ur: ابوالہول; vi: Nhân sư; war: Sphinx; wuu: 斯芬克斯; yi: ספינקס; zh: 斯芬克斯 |
| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery widths="190px" heights="180px" class="center">
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| File:Maned sphinx of Amenemhat III. 12th Dynasty, c. 1800 BC. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.jpg|Maned sphinx of Amenemhat III. 12th Dynasty, c. 1800 BC. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich
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| File:Egyptian sphinx from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. 1st century AD. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.jpg|Egyptian sphinx from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. 1st century AD. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich
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| File:Column base in the shape of a double sphinx. From Sam'al. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.jpg|Column base in the shape of a double sphinx. From Sam'al. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul
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| File:Hittite sphinx. Basalt. 8th century BC. From Sam'al. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.jpg|Hittite sphinx. Basalt. 8th century BC. From Sam'al. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul
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| File:Sphinx Darius Louvre.jpg|Winged sphinx from the palace of [[Darius the Great]] during [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] at [[Susa]] (480 B.C.)
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| File:Persian sphinx at Halicarnassus.jpg|Achaemenid sphinx from [[Halicarnassus]], capital of [[Caria]], 355 BC. Found in [[Bodrum Castle]], but possibly from the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]].
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| File:Head from a Female Sphinx, ca. 1876-1842 B.C.E.,56.85.jpg|Head from a female sphinx, c. 1876–1842 B.C., [[Brooklyn Museum]]
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| File:The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.jpg|The [[Great Sphinx of Giza]] in 1858
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| File:Museo Egizio di Torino-631 o.jpg|Typical Egyptian sphinx with a human head ([[Museo Egizio]], [[Turin]])
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| File:Hatshepsut-SmallSphinx MetropolitanMuseum.png|Sphinx of Egyptian pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]] with unusual ear and ruff features, 1503–1482
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| File:028MAD Sphinx.jpg|[[Sphinx of Naxos|Ancient Greek sphinx]] from [[Delphi]]
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| File:Sphinxes.jpg|3000-year-old sphinxes were imported from Egypt to embellish public spaces in [[Saint Petersburg]] and other [[Europe]]an [[Capital (political)|capitals]].
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| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 170-770, Potsdam, Sanssouci, Sphinx im Park Sanssouci.jpg|[[Park Sanssouci]] in [[Potsdam]]
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| File:Queluz Palace sphynx statue and ballroom wing.JPG|[[Queluz National Palace|Queluz]] wingless rococo sphinx
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| File:Enghien CHSph1JPG.jpg|Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, the {{Interlanguage link multi|Parc d'Enghien|nl}}, [[Belgium]]
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| File:Sphinx - Park Schönbusch.jpg|Park Schönbusch in [[Aschaffenburg]], [[Bavaria]], 1789–90
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| File:IngresOdipusAndSphinx.jpg|[[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]], ''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres)|Oedipus and the Sphinx]]'', 1808, 1827
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| File:Oedipus and the Sphinx MET DP-14201-023.jpg|''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx]]'' by [[Gustave Moreau]], 1864
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| File:Jardin El Capricho Sfinxs at Plaza de los Emperadores05 cropped.jpg|Sphinx at Plaza de los Emperadores (Parque de El Capricho, [[Madrid]])
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| File:Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital.jpg|Marble sphinx on a [[cavetto]] capital, Attic, c. 580–575 B.C.
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| File:Asmara, museo nazionale, la sfinge di adi gramaten 03.jpg|The Sphinx of Adi Gramaten, [[Eritrea]]
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| File:Wings of sphinges, Neapolis.JPG|Wings of sphinxes from the Thinissut sanctuary, c. 1st century CE ([[Nabeul Museum]], [[Tunisia]])
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| File:Sphinx of Hetepheres II - fourth dynasty of Egypt.jpg|An early Egyptian sphinx, Queen [[Hetepheres II]] from the Fourth Dynasty ([[Cairo Museum]])
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| Image:Elamite Gopat.jpg|Picture of an Iranian Elamite Gopat on a seal, currently in the [[National Museum of Iran]].
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| Image:A Luristan Bronze in the form of a Gopat.jpg|An Iranian Luristan Bronze in the form of a Gopat, currently in the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]].
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| Image:Picture of a Gopat on a rython from Amarlou.jpg|Picture of a Gopat on a golden rython from Amarlou, Iran, currently in the [[National Museum of Iran]].
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| File:Sphinx_at_Luxor_hotel.jpg|Sphinx replica at the [[Luxor Las Vegas|Luxor hotel and casino]] in [[Las Vegas]]
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| </gallery>
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