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Closeup of a sphinx on the South side of the Avenue of Sphinxes leading to the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ruins on the South side of the Avenue of Sphinxes leading to the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Closeup view Avenue of the Sphinxes from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Korean female tourist and Avenue of the Sphinxes from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Avenue of the Sphinxes leading to the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Temple of Amun-Re and the Goats headed sphinxes - Criosphinxes, Karnak, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

Statues in the Alley of the Ram Headed Sphinxes at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

Avenue of the Sphinxes from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt.

Avenue of the Sphinxes from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Sphinxes road at the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

The magnificent First Pylon of Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

Avenue of the Sphinxes and Sety II Obelisk from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Picture are the ram headed sphinxes along the North side of the Avenue of the Sphinxes photographed from the first pylon of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. These sphinxes symbolize the god Amun and a small effigy of Rameses II, in the form of Osiris, stands between their front paws. The first pylon is the last to be built at Karnak and is the main entrance into the temple today. it was never completed and is undecorated. It was built by Nectanebo between 380 and 362 BC. A small obelisk is on the north side of the entrance.