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Published: 2008-05-16 23:42:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 7195; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 0
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"Sphinx at Giza with Nose"When I typed "Sphinx" into Google Images, I got "Results 1 - 18 of about 604,000 for sphinx." I did not want to be 604,001 with a typical tourist photo of the Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. So, I added a nose. I also took the liberty of erasing two buses and the tourists surrounding them. That way, you can contemplate a Sphinx with a nose and no distractions.
Yuten5Ds said "Prince Khafre of whom the Sphinx is based on" ka-perseus-images.s3.amazonaws…
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Prince Khafre of whom the Sphinx is based on ka-perseus-images.s3.amazonaws…
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I am very happy you sent me this and gave you permanent credit under the photo.
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Great pic. I wonder if it would originally have been painted? Perhaps a manip in bright colours next??
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That's a good question. So far, I have seen no written evidence that says it was painted. It probably was since all the other temples and structures were painted
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My curiosity has been aroused and I have found this article that suggests the head was paited red!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history…
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Oh. This is very nice to know!!!
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i think this could be very close to the original nose
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I researched noses from ancient Egyptian sculptures and that's how I decided to make it. Thank you.
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Very cool! This is the closest shot I've ever seen of a Sphinx! I wonder how many feet high this was.
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The body of the Great Sphinx is 200 feet (60m) in length and 65 feet (20m) tall. The face of the sphinx is 13 feet (4m) wide and its eyes are 6 feet (2m) high. Don't forget, it doesn't have a nose. French soldiers under Napolean used a cannon to shoot off the nose just for the fun of it.
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the nose should be larger.
also, the sphinx needs a piercing and a tattoo!
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A piercing and tattoo for the Sphinx? You are funny!
Thanks for the fave
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My mother is Egyptian, and I myself was born in Cairo, Egypt. I loved the gallery subsection that you have dedicated to Egypt with your photography, both its modern and ancient culture. Your photography is amazing!
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The fact that you are from Egypt makes your faves of my gallery even much more meaningful. I appreciate the nice comment on my gallery.
I give you additional thanks for the faves on
Goat on Donkey in Egypt
Candy Girl and Goat on Donkey
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Falcon God Horus
Sunbeam in Horus Temple
Horus Ceiling and Columns
Horus Boat and Hieroglyphics
Horus Boat in Holiest Room
Straw Umbrellas on the Red Sea
Luxor Hieroglyphics
Luxor Temple and Gold Pharoahs
Temple of Luxor in Twilight
Temple of Luxor in Gold Light
Bedouin Woman Cooking
Bedouin Girl Holds Baby Sister
Nile River Palm Sunset
Fallucca Mud Huts Satellite TV
Egyptian Desert Setting Sun
MIG 21s at Aswan Air Base
Andy Explores Egyptian Desert
Luxor Craftsman
Egypt Family in Crowded Boat
Ramses II at Memphis
and
Sphinx with Nose
— Andy
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Great capture! To visit great places like that bust be like a dream, huh? ^^
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I think my entire life is like a dream!
I hope the nose was believable.
Thank you for the nice comment
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how bout adding full sensuous Sphinx lips and a long luxurious mane?
I am worried about the busload of tourists you sent to another dimension.
How will they ever get home??
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There were so many tourists, I doubt the world will miss them much. I sent them to the Phantom Zone.
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hmmm. well, I wonder what they will do there? take pictures of phantoms, I suppose. And then go out to eat at a restaurant.
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Good Question. I don't know what the phantoms do in the Phantom Zone. I should ask Superman
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Good one, but how about taking an extra step and add Andy into the shot too?!
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P.S. Thanks for the fave. And I put my face on Mt Rushmore once!
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Viva el presidente Serrano!
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I have shots of me with all the monuments. I just figure no one wants to see those!
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You do such wonderful edits to your photos. It looks so real [which is of course the point]. I just might have to commission you to edit some of mine
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This is a HUGE compliment! Thank you. (Floats away)
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You are most welcome my friend.
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Nice manipulation! Finally I see the Sphinx with its own nose
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I studied other noses on other statues there. This nose is based on Ramses nose from Memphis.
Thank you for the fave
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I see; nice choice
You're welcome! ^^
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Thank you Shirley. Any advice for making the nose more believable?
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more corrosion makes it more real to real....as is looks like a real nose.......
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I appreciate the insight. I'll see what I can do over these next few days. Thanks
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I toyed with doing the lips, but have not ruled it out. Thanks
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Thank you for the fave. I am please you like the rhinoplasty
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This beautiful piece of art is featured in my journal new art on the cutting edge. 
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Phil,
Thank you for the fave and for featuring the nose on New Art on the Cutting Edge!
— Andy
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Very good. I'm glad you got rid of all the distractions. Also so glad you gave him a nose. Poor guy.
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It wouldn't have made sense to upload the 600,000th tourist photo with no nose. It simply called out for one!
Thanks for the fave.
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Amazing! I can't begin to understand the pure genius nor sweat that was put into so much of Egypt. Great photo.
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We'll never fully understand what went through their minds. It's like delving into the brains of people from another planet.
Thank you as i kiss your brain.
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Many say that we only use a small percentage of our brain, but I've never heard someone talk about the heart/will that a person uses. I think those beings used so much of both.
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