sphinx by Valentin

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Apr 30, 2006

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One of two famous Egyptian sphinxes which are about three and a half thousand years old. Once they stood at the entrance to the temple built near Thebes, Egypt's ancient capital, for Pharaoh Amenhotep III whose countenance is perpetuated in these statues. The sphinxes were purchased in 1832 and taken to St. Petersburg on board a chartered ship. It was far from being a light job, for each sphinx weighed 23 tons. The voyage from the banks of the Nile to the Neva pier lasted a whole year. Thanks for viewing. Olympus 5050.

Comments (14)

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PaisleyRose

1:21PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

That is awesome! It is hard to imagine anything lasting for 3500 years! Thanks for sharing. :o)

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Hendesse

1:21PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

Excellent capture of this historical statues. Fantastic POV and atmosphere. Very impressive!!!

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Nath06

1:29PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

Wonderful capture of this sphinx!!! Reminds me my trip in Egypt... Bravo :)

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Richardphotos

1:56PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

I have heard before about them on tv. very beautiful statue but the architecture of your city impresses me more

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lafayette

2:08PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

We have "l'obisque" in Paris, why not the Sphinx in St Petersbourg! HAve an excellent end of weekend!

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rainbows

3:05PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

Impressive work indeed. Superb shot of the statue. Love the backdrop too, and the stone wall in the foreground. I really like your work!!!

BorisB

6:11PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

Really impressive!! 23 tons, wow! Nice colors of the buildings.

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claudialee

7:32PM | Sun, 30 April 2006

Incredible!!! What a wonderful bit of history and the Sphinx is awesome. How wonderful of you to give us so much information about this statue. Excellent photo of the Sphinx and the buildings on the other side of the river. HUGS!!!!

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jcv2

5:32AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

Wow, incredible to think of the weight of these things to be moved! Beautiful work, a great find here!

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Chaos911

3:57PM | Tue, 02 May 2006

wow, what a super super work!!!! excellently done!!! :)

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Cosme..D..Churruca

4:29AM | Wed, 03 May 2006

Fascinant ! Is it always so cloudly St Petersbourg ? I want to go there ! Splendid pic my friend !

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weesel

10:35PM | Thu, 04 May 2006

Interesting story. Is that the Admiralty in the background?

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Valentin

1:06PM | Fri, 05 May 2006

weesel: The Cathedral of St. Isaac, the largest orthodox church building in Saint Petersburg and one of the tallest bildings (101.5 m high)in the city. Build in 1818-1858 to the design of Auguste Montferrand.

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