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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (6TH DISTRICT) THE ENTRANCE TO MADEMOISELLE LUZY'S HOTEL, 6 FEROU STREET, IS FLANKED BY A PAIR OF SPHINXES Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT). HOTEL FIEUBET (MASSILLON SCHOOL), AT 2 AND 2BIS, QUAI DES CELESTINS. TWO SPHINXES (QUEEN-HEADED SPHINXES) FRAME THE ENTRANCE GATE Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (1TH DISTRICT). THE PALM TREE FOUNTAIN (OR CHATELET FOUNTAIN), CHATELET SQUARE. ONE OF THE 4 SPHINXES SCULPTED BY HENRI-ALFRED JACQUEMART Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-EGYPT-YIN RUINS-LUXOR-ANCIENT CIVILIZATION (CN)

(240418) -- BEIJING, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 9, 2024 shows people visiting Luxor Temple and the Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor, Egypt. Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes in southern Egypt, was the pharaohs' capital at the height of their power during the New Kingdom from the 16th century BC to the 11th century BC. Seen by many as the world's largest open-air museum, it is home to famous Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings and the ruins of the huge Karnak Temple Complex and Luxor Temple. The Yin Ruins, which is located in Anyang of central China's Henan Province, is the first documented late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) capital site in China, as confirmed by archaeological excavations and oracle bone inscriptions. Luxor and the Yin Ruins have, respectively, witnessed the historic highlights of the development of Egypt and China, the two ancient civilizations. April 18 marks the International Day for Monuments and Sites. It is a sound occasion to explore the t

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-WORLD NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A reopening ceremony of the Avenue of Sphinxes is held in Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 25, 2021, after years of renovation works. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)