Sphinx

Connected Sites: 28

A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head. The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Unlike the Greek sphinx which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent in contrast to the malevolent Greek version and was thought of as a guardian often flanking the entrances to temples. In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

Pyramids (Memphis)
Inscribed: 1979
4.50
419
12
Great Sphinx Of Giza
Split
Split
Croatia
Inscribed: 1979
3.54
475
11
Granite Sphinx At The Center Of The Palace, Brought From Egypt To Guard The Mausoleum Where The Emperor Diocletian Was Later Burried
Riga
Riga
Latvia
Inscribed: 1997
3.54
444
15
Eisenstein Building At No 2a Albert Street
Vienna
Vienna
Austria
Inscribed: 2001
4.03
812
20
Upper Belvedere Palace
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Inscribed: 1987
3.95
360
12
Ancient Greek Sphinx Found, Now In Museum
Ancient Thebes
Inscribed: 1979
4.39
341
11
Great Sphinx Of Thebes
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Inscribed: 1991
4.19
956
20
Hotel De Ville
Vatican City
Inscribed: 1984
4.29
828
9
At The Loggia Decoration Painted By Rafael
Hampi
Hampi
India
Inscribed: 1986
4.02
84
4
Depictions Of Purushamriga
Chola Temples
Inscribed: 1987
3.98
67
9
Darasuram
Hattusha
Hattusha
Turkiye
Inscribed: 1986
3.52
84
5
Potsdam
Potsdam
Germany
Inscribed: 1990
3.54
481
10
The Orangerie (1791/93), With The Egyptian Portal At The Eastern Side Of The Building, Is Guarded By A Sphinx.
St. Petersburg
Inscribed: 1990
4.22
356
9
Egyptian Bridge
Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany
Inscribed: 2006
3.09
344
9
Sphinx Monument For Heinrich Carl Freiherrn Von Gleichen, 1807
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1987
3.06
316
12
Delos
Delos
Greece
Inscribed: 1990
3.37
121
4
Greek Sphinx, Found At The Surrounding Archeological Site, In The Delos Museum.
Studley Royal Park
Studley Royal Park
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1986
3.10
178
8
Budapest
Budapest
Hungary
Inscribed: 1987
3.88
754
15
Opera
See Www.Flickr.Com
Aranjuez
Inscribed: 2001
2.61
221
11
Two To The Side Of The Palace, Before Entering The Island Garden
Prague
Prague
Czechia
Inscribed: 1992
4.27
789
16
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Inscribed: 2008
3.21
234
7
Two, Inside The Sant'andrea Church
Villa d'Este
Inscribed: 2001
3.26
298
9
Mannerist Sphinx
Biblical Tells
Inscribed: 2005
3.01
127
10
Part Of An Ancient Egyptian King's Sphinx At Tel Hazor
See Phys.Org
Strasbourg
Inscribed: 1988
3.51
503
10
Pillars Of Saint-Etienne Church
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
Inscribed: 2021
3.94
274
12
Two Egyptian Sphinxes In Palazzo Della Ragione
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Inscribed: 2000
2.55
221
10
At The Georgium
See De.Wikipedia.Org
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
Inscribed: 2021
2.91
367
6
Fuente Egipcia
See Es.Wikipedia.Org
Champagne
Inscribed: 2015
3.18
268
9
At The Gate Of The Maison Perrier-Jouët (Lochet-Duchainet) On The Avenue De Champagne In Epernay (Nomination File, Tome Iii, P. 87)
See Www.Champagne-Patrimoinemondial.Org