A 4th century BC sphinx sculpted with a human face in the 3 km ( mi) Avenue of Sphinxes, part of the processional route connecting the Temple of Luxor with the Temple of Karnak at Luxor, Luxor Governate, Egypt. The avenue was completed during the Late Period rule of the founder of the 30th Dynasty, Pharaoh Nectanebo I, who ruled the Egyptian empire from about 379 BC until his death in 362. A total of around 1,350 stone sphinxes used to line the Avenue, but many were removed and reused during the Roman and medieval periods.
Luxor, Luxor Governate, Egypt: a 4th century BC sphinx sculpted with a human face in the 3 km ( mi) Avenue of Sphinxes, part of the processional route connecting the Temple of Luxor with the Temple of Karnak. The avenue was completed during the Late Period rule of the founder of the 30th Dynasty, Pharaoh Nectanebo I, who ruled the Egyptian empire from around 379 BC until his death in 362. A total of about 1,350 stone sphinxes used to line the Avenue, but many were removed and reused during the Roman and medieval periods. This is a digital file from a high resolution (4,000 DPI) scan of an image shot on film in 1996 using a Mamiya 1000S 645 medium format camera. The film used was Fujichrome Provia 100 6cm x (645) colour transparency stock. The scanner used was a Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED professional film scanner.
Size: 6274px × 8511px
Location: Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor, Luxor Governate, Egypt.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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