Image Karnak Crio-sphinxes EG074853JHP by Jim Henderson

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Karnak Crio-sphinxes EG074853JHP Ancient Egyptian Karnak Temple Ram Headed Sphinxes Colonnade Columns Inside is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. In this photo are a row of relocated sphinxes, known as crio-sphinxes, as they take the form of ram with a lion's body stradling a small form of the pharoah here by the colannade of the first court behind the first pylon. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, crio-sphinxes, ram, head, lion, body, relocated, row, sandstone, unfinished, colonnade, columns, roughcut, carving, building, construction, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, blocks, first, court
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Crio-sphinxes EG074853JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 09:07:34
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Ancient Egyptian Karnak Temple Ram Headed Sphinxes Colonnade Columns Inside

is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. In this photo are a row of relocated sphinxes, known as crio-sphinxes, as they take the form of ram with a lion's body stradling a small form of the pharoah here by the colannade of the first court behind the first pylon.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, crio-sphinxes, ram, head, lion, body, relocated, row, sandstone, unfinished, colonnade, columns, roughcut, carving, building, construction, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, blocks, first, court