# Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)

- By: Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892)
- By: Goupil et Cie
- Date: 1851–52
- Medium: salted paper print from calotype negative
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 23.8 x 31.1 cm (9 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.); Paper: 38 x 50 cm (14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of Betty and Max Ratner in honor of Arielle Kozloff
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.331)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.331/1992.331_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The monumental sphinx at Giza, which has the head of a man and the body of a lion, is one of the most iconic symbols of ancient Egypt. The country contains other, humbler versions of this mythical creature. The one here with the head of a ram is only nine feet long and held a statue of a human between its paws.