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In it are depicted small sphinxes, cult items and an altar, all items recovered from the ruins of Antirhodos and depicting a scene that likely would have taken place in the temple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

The hieroglyphics and artwork on the courtyard walls outside match the original theater design, including the sphinxes, ancient markers of mystery and quiet.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The faces of the sphinxes are all portraits of members of her family: her mother, Glenda, her cousin Aujane, her brother Dominic, her life partner, Monique McWilliams.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2023

Its five long chapters — each written by a different scholar — cover unicorns, dragons, griffins, sphinxes and half-human creatures.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

The Greeks had also plundered interior sites, such as Heliopolis, for sphinxes, obelisks, columns, and so on, with which to decorate their public spaces.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro