Ruined Avenue of the Sphinxes.
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| Title: | Ruined Avenue of the Sphinxes. |
| Author: | Unknown author |
| Summary: | "The remains of crumbling sphinxes line the avenue on the south, two miles in length, which is the only one left of ten which set out from this temple and led to the great temple of Luxor and to other grand objects that once stood within this extensive valley, over which the gorgeous processions of kings and priests were accustomed to march into the temple. |
| Citable link to this page: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21508 |
| Date: | 1884 |
| Original Source | Loring, W.W. "A Confederate Soldier in Egypt". Dodd, Mead & Company: New York, 1884. p. 166a. |
| Subject | Sphinxes--Egypt; Ruins--Egypt; Egypt--Antiquities |
| About This Resource: | Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) |
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Ruined Avenue of the Sphinxes.
(1884).
From Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21508
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From Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21508
For more on properly formatting citations, see Citing TIMEA Resources.
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TIMEA Visual Materials [1769]
This collection contains book illustrations, postcards, stereocards, photographs, and ephemera related to travel in the Middle East, primarily Egypt.
