old-timey pictures of the sphinx which are terrible

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"the hills* were higher** (when we were young)"!
—bryan ferry

*pyramids
**pointier

mark s, Saturday, 8 January 2022 12:27 (two years ago) link

https://media.istockphoto.com/illustrations/great-sphinx-in-the-old-book-encyclopedic-dictionary-by-a-granat-vol-illustration-id1267506720

Great Sphinx in the old book Encyclopedic dictionary by A. Granat, vol. 3, S. Petersburg, 1896

soref, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:56 (two years ago) link

watch ad from 1897

https://www.atticpaper.com/prodimages/081111small/elgin.jpg

soref, Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:06 (two years ago) link

xp

just saying from that vantage point there is a distant pyramid on the horizon, not a miniature one right behind it!

calzino, Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link

the facial expression on the sphinx from the Russian encyclopedia (ruminative, somewhat bitter but also resigned)is reminding me of a specific image, but I can't place it

soref, Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:30 (two years ago) link

looks a bit like a young MES

calzino, Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:34 (two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

"buddy, they wont even let me fuck it"

Conceptio artis, 1894 #akseligallenkallela #symbolism pic.twitter.com/Hijo4E3F6X

— Akseli Gallen-Kallela (@AkseliGallenArt) January 26, 2022

mark s, Saturday, 29 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link

picture is not terrible tho

mark s, Saturday, 29 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link

one month passes...

cant see the sphinx when the air is thick with sand tapping_head_wisely.gif

mark s, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link


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