Sphinx of Taharqo The British Museum From Temple T at Kawa, Sudan, Kushite, about 680 BC Sphinxes represent the immense power of the Egyptian king. The human head of this sphinx is adorned with two uraei, the symbols of

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• Nubian people
• Sphinx of Taharqo
• Ancient history
• African civilizations
• Taharqa
• Jebel Barkal
• Nubia
• Anlamani
• Napata
• Kingdom of Kush
• Africa
• Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt