In which country would you find the 'Sphinx'?
"[...] tubes trying to get to a fortress, with many different obstacles on the way"". A pre-production concept animation showcased the sphinx idea, and character designer Juan Solís produced models for the character's sphinx form, which ultimately went unused. Early media about the game also indicated that several further regions of Egypt would be included. IGN described the game's ""seven worlds"", including ""the jungles, swamps and lakes of Sakkara"" and ""the underwater city of Akaria,"" neither of which featured in the final game. In pre-release interviews, THQ's Rob Loftus stated that Eurocom would be taking ""full advantage"" of the GameCube"
"Sphinx (Romania) The Sphinx () is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. It is located at an altitude of within the Babele complex of rock formations. The first photo of the ""Great Bucegi Sphinx"" was probably taken in about the year 1900. This photograph was taken from a front position, not from a lateral one, as it usually appears in pictures nowadays. It only acquired its nickname, referring to the Great Sphinx of Giza, in the year 1936. The image of the sphinx appeared when the rock, having an"
"Great Sphinx of Giza The Great Sphinx of Giza (, , ; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with"
"French brig Sphinx (1813) Sphinx (or ""Sphynx""), was a French ""Sylphe""-class brig launched at Genoa in 1813. She was handed over to naval suppliers at Genoa on 17 April 1814 when nearly completed as part-payment for debts. The next day the British occupied Genoa. ""Sphinx"" appears to have become the Royal Navy brig ""Regent"", and then a Customs and Excise cruizer. ""Regent"" was sold in 1824, and then appears as the Colombian government vessel ""Victoria"", which is no longer traceable in online resources after 1828. A draught signed by Mathurin Boucher at Genoa on 20 January 1813 is for a"
"a lion's body, a woman's head and the wings of an eagle (although, like most Egyptian sphinxes, the Great Sphinx has a man's head and no wings). The English word ""sphinx"" comes from the ancient Greek Σφίγξ ( ) apparently from the verb σφίγγω ( / ), after the Greek sphinx who strangled anyone who failed to answer her riddle. The name may alternatively be a linguistic corruption of the phonetically different ancient Egyptian word ""Ssp-anx"" (in Manuel de Codage). This name is given to royal statues of the Fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt (2575–2467 BC) and later in the"
"Greco-Bactrians and the Indo-Greeks. Sphinx of Naxos The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a colossal 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness. The Sphinx stood on a 10 meters column that culminated in one of the first Ionic capitals, and was erected next to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, the religious center of Ancient Greece, in 560"
"Sphinx of Naxos The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a colossal 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness. The Sphinx stood on a 10 meters column that culminated in one of the first Ionic capitals, and was erected next to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, the religious center of Ancient Greece, in 560 BCE. The first fragments"
"HMS Sphinx (1748) HMS ""Sphinx"" was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was built to the 1745 Establishment design drawn by the Surveyor of the Navy. The ship was commissioned in September 1748 under Captain William Lloyd, and served in Nova Scotia until early 1750, before being refitted at Sheerness. She then moved to the Mediterranean, before returning to Home Waters in 1751, where she was briefly off Ireland. In late 1751, now under Captain Edward Wheeler, she was deployed to the African coast and thence to Jamaica. Returned to England, she was refitted at Deptford"
"8 m height and a 12 m width, was watched from a certain angle. The megalith has its clearest outline on 21 November, at the time the sun goes down. The Sphinx features in the 1967 film ""The Dacians"", in which it is a place of sacrifice to the god Zalmoxis. It also plays a significant role in the 1980 film ""Burebista"", in which it is equated with the eponymous ancient Dacian king and the eternity of Romanian identity. Sphinx (Romania) The Sphinx () is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the Bucegi Mountains"
"Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture) In 2006, Sphinx, a sculpture of the British fashion model Kate Moss in a complicated yoga position was unveiled by the controversial British sculptor Marc Quinn. The life-size sculpture is made of cast bronze, with a white-painted finish, and shows Moss wearing a leotard with her feet and hands behind her head. The pose itself was modelled by a more experienced woman yoga practitioner, though the body, hands, and feet are based on Moss' exact measurements and earlier lifecastings. Quinn's representation of Moss is meant to show ""a mirror of ourselves, a knotted Venus of our"
"French ship Sphinx (1776) Sphinx was a two-deck 64 gun ship of the French Navy. She was built at Brest to plans by Ollivier Fils and launched in 1776. She took the name of a recently retired 64-gun ship with the same dimensions. She fought in the American War of Independence, most notably in Suffren's campaign in the Indian Ocean. She was built according to norms laid down by French shipbuilders in the 1730s and 1740s which had aimed at a good combination of low cost and high manoeuvrability and armament, in the face of a numerically-superior British Royal Navy."
"for the Sphinx noted by Pierre Grimal's ""The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology"". The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of Chios, and appeared on seals and the obverse side of coins from the 6th century B.C. until the 3rd century CE. The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, asking a riddle to travellers to allow them passage. The exact riddle asked by the Sphinx was not specified by early tellers of the myth, and was not standardized as the one given below until late in Greek history. It was"
"one of the few masterpieces that survived this pillaging. During its time this statue was also displayed near a Temple in honor of Ptah. Ptah was the creator of the world to the Egyptians. Sphinx of Memphis The Sphinx of Memphis is a stone sphinx located near the remains of Memphis, Egypt. The carving was believed to take place between 1700 and 1400 BC, which was during the 18th dynasty. It is unknown which pharaoh is being honored and there are no inscriptions to supply information. The facial features imply that the Sphinx is honoring Hatshepsut or Amenhotep II or"
"Sphinx A sphinx ( , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was"
"with the body of a lion and the head of a human being is present in the traditions, mythology and art of South and Southeast Asia. Variously known as ""purushamriga"" (Sanskrit, ""man-beast""), ""purushamirugam"" (Tamil, ""man-beast""), ""naravirala"" (Sanskrit, ""man-cat"") in India, or as ""nara-simha"" (Sanskrit, ""man-lion"") in Sri Lanka, ""manusiha"" or ""manuthiha"" (Pali, ""man-lion"") in Myanmar, and ""norasingh"" (from Pali, ""man-lion"", a variation of the Sanskrit ""nara-simha"") or ""thep norasingh"" (""man-lion deity""), or ""nora nair"" in Thailand. In contrast to the sphinxes in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece, of which the traditions largely have been lost due to the discontinuity of the"
"the possession of the Delphic tripod. The most impressive exhibit, however, is the Sphinx. It is an enormous statue which crowned an ionic column and capital, totaling 12 meters in height. The column stood close to the Halos. The Sphinx was dedicated by the city of Naxos, a wealthy island of the Aegean in its prime time, i.e. between 575 and 560 BC. An inscription at the base of the column renews the right of ""promanteia"" for Naxos in the 4th century BC. This room contains the archaic and classical facades of the Temple of Apollo. The archaic sculptures, made"
"""Chimère"", and ""Tartare"" attempted unsuccessfully to aid her. ""Sphinx"" became a total loss, though her entire crew was saved. The wreck of ""Sphinx"" was discovered on 25 June 2005 by Max Guérout, of the Groupe de Recherche et d'Archéologie Navale, in four metres of water. Because she was the French Navy's first steamer, ""Sphinx"" has attracted some attention. Models of the ship are on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris as well as at the annex of the Museum in Toulon. A model of her engine can be seen at the Musée des Arts et Métiers"
"reverses the composition and varies many details. It is in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres) Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx. An oil painting on canvas, it measures 189 x 144 cm, and is in the Louvre, which acquired it in 1878. The painting was begun in Rome, where Ingres had arrived belatedly in 1806 after winning the ""Grand Prix"
"found. They may have been moved here from another location. In 1886, while working for the Egypt Exploration Fund, Flinders Petrie first excavated there. Among the remains of an ancient temple, Petrie found a royal sphinx, now located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The sculpture is now believed to date to the time of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) or later. Petrie concluded that the temple was built during the 12th Dynasty, and then reused in the 19th Dynasty under Ramesses II. In the course of Petrie's excavations, Petrie also found the remains of a colossal seated statue of"
"sphinxes include one bearing the head of the pharaoh Hatshepsut, with her likeness carved in granite, which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the alabaster sphinx of Memphis, Memphis, Egypt, currently located within the open-air museum at that site. The theme was expanded to form great avenues of guardian sphinxes lining the approaches to tombs and temples as well as serving as details atop the posts of flights of stairs to very grand complexes. Nine hundred sphinxes with ram heads, representing Amon, were built in Thebes, where his cult was strongest. The Great Sphinx"
"in Paris. French corvette Sphinx (1829) Sphinx was a paddle steamer, initially rateed as a corvette, of the French Navy, and lead ship of her class. She was the first operational French naval steamer. She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, pioneering the role of steamers in navies of the mid-19th century, and later took part in the transfer of the Luxor Obelisk from Egypt to Paris. ""Sphinx"" was built in Rochefort on plans by Jean-Baptiste Hubert around a low-pressure Newcomen steam engine purchased from Fawcett, in Liverpool. Indret then used this engine as its template for"
"comes closest to the classic Greek idea is in the concept of the ""Sharabha"", a mythical creature, part lion, part man and part bird, and the form of Sharabha that god Shiva took on to counter Narasimha's violence. In Sri Lanka the sphinx is known as ""narasimha"" or man-lion. As a sphinx, it has the body of a lion and the head of a human being, and is not to be confused with Narasimha, the fourth reincarnation of the deity Vishnu; this avatar or incarnation is depicted with a human body and the head of a lion. The ""sphinx"" narasimha"
"were excavated from the sanctuary of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, in 1860. The remainder was found in 1893. It was originally set up on a stele around 560 BC as an offering to the Temple of Apollo by Naxos, one of the richest Cycladic islands at the time. The overall height of the statue, the column and its base topped 12.5 meters. The Greek sphinx, a lion with the face of a human female, was considered as having ferocious strength, and was thought of as a guardian, often flanking the entrances to temples. Sphinxes depictions are generally associated"
"the creators called their statue, as the Great Sphinx does not appear in any known inscription of the Old Kingdom and there are no inscriptions anywhere describing its construction or its original purpose. In the New Kingdom, the Sphinx was revered as the solar deity ""Hor-em-akhet"" (; ; Hellenized: ""Harmachis""), and the pharaoh Thutmose IV (1401–1391 or 1397–1388 BC) specifically referred to it as such in his ""Dream Stele"". The commonly used name ""Sphinx"" was given to it in classical antiquity, about 2000 years after the commonly accepted date of its construction by reference to a Greek mythological beast with"
"El Salvador, monitoring the actions of the communist guerrilla forces. The ship was decommissioned for the last time on 16 June 1989, at Norfolk, and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia, 15 June 1990. Custody of ""Sphinx"" was transferred on 2 December 2002, to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum in Dunkirk, New York, for preservation, where she was regarded as the """"Sole Survivor of All LSTs in The US Mothball Fleet Today."""" It was reported in May 2007, that ""Sphinx"" was being stripped of parts by groups from other"
"the Sphinx was originally that of a lion and recarved sometime later in the likeness of a pharaoh. Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of state for antiquities affairs and secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, was asked in an interview on the PBS series NOVA if it was possible that a more ancient civilization might have sculpted the Sphinx. Hawass replied: ""Of course it is not possible for one reason …. No single artifact, no single inscription, or pottery, or anything has been found until now, in any place to predate the Egyptian civilization more than 5,000 years ago."""
"Colombian Government. She was shown as sailing between London and New York. ""Victoria"" is no longer in the 1828 Lloyd's Register. Documents currently available on line do not indicate what became of her. Notes Citations References French brig Sphinx (1813) Sphinx (or ""Sphynx""), was a French ""Sylphe""-class brig launched at Genoa in 1813. She was handed over to naval suppliers at Genoa on 17 April 1814 when nearly completed as part-payment for debts. The next day the British occupied Genoa. ""Sphinx"" appears to have become the Royal Navy brig ""Regent"", and then a Customs and Excise cruizer. ""Regent"" was sold"
"to other cultural traditions. Sphinxes depictions are generally associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples. The oldest known sphinx was found near Gobekli Tepe at another site, Nevali Çori, or possibly 195 kilometres (120 mi) to the east at Kortik Tepe, Turkey, and was dated to 9,500 B.C. The largest and most famous sphinx is the Great Sphinx of Giza, situated on the Giza Plateau adjacent to the Great Pyramids of Giza on the west bank of the Nile River and facing east (). The sphinx is located southeast of the pyramids. Although the date of"
"Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres) Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx. An oil painting on canvas, it measures 189 x 144 cm, and is in the Louvre, which acquired it in 1878. The painting was begun in Rome, where Ingres had arrived belatedly in 1806 after winning the ""Grand Prix de Rome"" in 1801. Working in a studio on the grounds of the Villa Medici, Ingres"
"has become an emblem of Egypt, frequently appearing on its stamps, coins, and official documents. In the Bronze Age, the Hellenes had trade and cultural contacts with Egypt. Before the time that Alexander the Great occupied Egypt, the Greek name, ""sphinx"", was already applied to these statues. The historians and geographers of Greece wrote extensively about Egyptian culture. Herodotus called the ram-headed sphinxes Criosphinxes and called the hawk-headed ones Hieracosphinxes. In Greek mythology, a sphinx is represented as a monster with a head of a woman, the body of a lioness, the wings of an eagle, and a serpent-headed tail."
"said in late lore that Hera or Ares sent the Sphinx from her Aethiopian homeland (the Greeks always remembered the foreign origin of the Sphinx) to Thebes in Greece where she asked all passersby the most famous riddle in history: ""Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"" She strangled and devoured anyone who could not answer. Oedipus solved the riddle by answering: ""Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age"". By some accounts (but much more rarely),"
"French corvette Sphinx (1829) Sphinx was a paddle steamer, initially rateed as a corvette, of the French Navy, and lead ship of her class. She was the first operational French naval steamer. She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, pioneering the role of steamers in navies of the mid-19th century, and later took part in the transfer of the Luxor Obelisk from Egypt to Paris. ""Sphinx"" was built in Rochefort on plans by Jean-Baptiste Hubert around a low-pressure Newcomen steam engine purchased from Fawcett, in Liverpool. Indret then used this engine as its template for the locally"
"the Sphinx took three months and the artist's mother said at one point: ""Son, I'm afraid for you, please leave these shitty matchboxes. I talked to your brothers, they will borrow the money and buy a marble block for you so that you can carve something decent."" Nevertheless, the sculpture is currently in the Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko. ""Signs"" is a series of monuments based on the left hand of the author. Maryla Sitkowska, a longtime critic and archivist of Bednarski's work, describes them as ""sculptures of the hand which makes a special gesture"". For example, ""Ticket"" shows an"