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Criosphinx, Large

The criosphinx is a ram-headed sphinx, representing the god Amon. This one is a painted cold-cast resin figurine 5.5 inches tall, 9 inches long, modelled after those of Luxor and Karnak temples. There was a processional way or road over a kilometer long between Luxor temple and Karnak temple, lined with limestone criosphinx sculptures each about 10 feet tall. Only a few dozen near Luxor temple have been excavated, the rest remain buried. There must have been about nine hundred of them.

Actually, "criosphinx" is just Greek for "ram-headed sphinx", refering to a figure with the body of a lion and the head of a ram. We don't know what the ancient Egyptians called these figures. The Great Sphinx of Giza is properly an "androsphinx", having the body of a lion and the head of a man. There are also heirocosphinxes, with the head of a falcon or hawk on a lion body. The Greek Sphinx whose name became applied to the Egyptian figures was a singular demon with a lion's body and a woman's head, plus the wings of an eagle and a serpent tail.

Stuffe & Nonsense Egyptian figurines and collectibles are modern manufactured decorative objects, made in the style of ancient Egyptian artifacts.