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Sphinxes were guardian deitiesinEgyptianmythologyandthis was monumentalprotection,standing73 m (240 ft)longand20 m (66 feet) high.
The avenue of the ram-headed sphinxes flanks the route from the Nile to the temple entrance.
Sphinxes and centaurs and other countenanced but handless creatures not only do not exist, they could not exist.
Karnak was linked to Luxor Temple by a 2 km- (3/4-mile-) long avenue decorated with smaller temples and flanked by sphinxes, most of which now lies below the modern streets.