Ram-headed Sphinxes - San Jose, CA
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N 37° 20.008 W 121° 55.376
10S E 595414 N 4132409
These sphinxes are a facsimile of those found at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt.
Waymark Code: WMMYVJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2014
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Two rows of ram-headed sphinxes line the entranceway to San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. Each sphinx nestles an image of the god Amun between its front paws. This website (
visit link) has an additional photo and informs us:
Avenue of Sphinxes and First Pylon of Karnak Temple.
Many of the main roads which lead to the temples of Thebes (modern Luxor) used to be continuously lined with sphinxes. Those which flank the entrance to the First Pylon of Karnak Temple combine the body of a lion with the head of a ram. The ram was a symbol of the god Amun, the chief deity worshipped in the Great Temple of Karnak. Each sphinx protects, between its forelegs, a standing statue of the king--originally Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.E.)."
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