"THE SPHINX.", Egypt

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Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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Scope and Contents: "EGYPT"[,] THE SPHINX. 81; 81. "THE SPHINX," EGYPT.--Sphinx is a[,] Greek word signifying the squeezer or strangler[,] applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian[,] origin. In the Egyptian hieroglyphs the Sphinx[,] bears the name of Neb or Lord and Akar, or In-[,]tellect, corresponding to the account of Clemens[,] that these embelmatic figures depicted intellect[,] and force. It is sculptured out of a spar of rock[,] itself, to which masonry has been added in cer-[,]tain places to complete the form, and measures[,] 172 feet 6 inches long by 56 feet high. This was[,] symbolical form of the monarch considered as a[,] conqueror, the head of the reigning king being[,] placed on a lion's body, the face bearded and the[,] usual dress drapery being suspended before it.[,] Thus used, the Sphinx was generally male, but[,] in case of female rulers the figure has a female[,] head and the body of a lioness.; FOR ADDRESS ONLY; PLACE[,] STAMP HERE[,] DOMESTIC[,] ONE CENT[,] FOREIGN[,] TWO CENTS; Post[,] Card.

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