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Sphinx of Naxos is unveiled

559 BCE · Europe · Culture

Sphinx of Naxos is unveiled
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The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2. 22-meter-tall (7. 3 ft) marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness.

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