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Fine Egyptian Art - Episode 8
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Great Sphinx of Tanis 2600 BC Discovered:in 1825 among the ruins of the Temple of Amun at Tanis. The Greek word "sphinx", commonly used to refer to the Egyptian statues representing a lion with a human head, was not the original term.
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