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Three short, solemn pieces titled "Sphinxes" anchor the work in a clear tonal center.
Durangoherald.com 2010
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Three short, solemn pieces titled "Sphinxes" anchor the work in a clear tonal center.
Durangoherald.com 2010
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Where Egypt has its Sphinxes, Harlem has its theaters.
Uptown Theaters Followed a Spiritual Path Will Friedwald 2011
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Where Egypt has its Sphinxes, Harlem has its theaters.
Uptown Theaters Followed a Spiritual Path Will Friedwald 2011
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Reuters People did restoration work on the Avenue of the Sphinxes by Karnak Temple background in Luxor, Egypt, on May 11.
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Mr. Hawass said the remains of a fifth century A.D. church and a Nilometer had been uncovered during routine excavations at the Avenue of Sphinxes.
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The Clintons – and the Mezvinskys – have been Sphinxes when it comes to wedding details.
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The Gates were 107 feet high, in front of which stretched an Avenue of Sphinxes that was nearly a quarter mile long.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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When he got to Egypt, DeMille inspected the Gates of Rameses and the Avenue of the Sphinxes that had been erected at Beni Youssef, about fifteen miles from Cairo, three miles from the Pyramids.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Suddenly images of Sphinxes and Gryphons pop up all over the 15th-century B.C. geosphere, as do toys and board games and educational institutions.
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