Avenue of the Sphinxes, Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Sphinx statue on the Avenue of the Sphinxes, a 3km long dromos between Luxor and Karnak, lined with sphinxes and shrines used during festival processions, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The sphinxes had rams' heads in the New Kingdom, the emperor heads were added under Nectanebo I, 4th century BC. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sphinx statue on the Avenue of the Sphinxes, a 3km long dromos between Luxor and Karnak, lined with sphinxes and shrines used during festival processions, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The sphinxes had rams' heads in the New Kingdom, the emperor heads were added under Nectanebo I, 4th century BC. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen