Photographer’s Note
A Sphinx is a zoomorphic mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the ancient Greeks applied their own name for a female monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of Greek mythology. Similar creatures appear throughout South and South-East Asia, and the sphinx enjoyed a major revival in European decorative art from the Renaissance onwards.
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- Copyright: Tomasz Urbanski (DeToMaSo) (158)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-07-24
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Olympus E-400, ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm 1:3,5-5,6, 58mm SELCO CPL
- Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2008-11-07 4:55
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