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"tombstone": "\u00c9gypte et Nubie, sites et monuments les plus int\u00e9ressants pour l'\u00e9tude de l'art et de l'histoire, pl. 68: Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes), 1851\u201352. F\u00e9lix Teynard (French, 1817\u20131892). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 23.8 x 31.1 cm (9 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.); paper: 38 x 50 cm (14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Betty and Max Ratner in honor of Arielle Kozloff, 1992.331",
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"title": "Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt",
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"description": "The monumental sphinx at Giza, which has the head of a man and the body of a lion, is one of the most iconic symbols of ancient Egypt. The country contains other, humbler versions of this mythical creature. The one here with the head of a ram is only nine feet long and held a statue of a human between its paws.",
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"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \"The Year in Review for 1992.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.",
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