Two Sphinxes Depicted at Giza (Aegyptus Hodierna, c.1720)

Detail from Johann Baptist Homann’s Aegyptus Hodierna (c.1720) showing two sphinx-like forms near the pyramids at Giza. Such early modern depictions reflect long-standing speculation about a second Sphinx.

Source: Yale University Library, Aegyptus Hodierna, Johann Baptist Homann’s (1720) and Ruderman Rare Maps

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