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Sphinx, Museo del Teatro Romano, Medellin, Extremadura, Spain

Sphinx sculpture in the Museo del Teatro Romano, or Roman Theatre Museum, in the Iglesia de Santiago in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The museum displays artefacts excavated in the Roman theatre on the Cerro del Castillo in Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. There are 2 sphinxes in the theatre which are copies of the originals. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sphinx sculpture in the Museo del Teatro Romano, or Roman Theatre Museum, in the Iglesia de Santiago in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The museum displays artefacts excavated in the Roman theatre on the Cerro del Castillo in Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. There are 2 sphinxes in the theatre which are copies of the originals. Picture by Manuel Cohen