| The Glass Sphinx | |
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 Italian film poster | |
| Directed by | Luigi Scattini |
| Starring | Robert Taylor Anita Ekberg |
| Music by | Les Baxter Roberto Pregadio |
| Distributed by | AIP |
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| Countries | Italy United States |
| Language | English |
The Glass Sphinx (Italian : La sfinge d'oro) is an Italian-American 1967 adventure film directed by Luigi Scattini. [1]
An expedition led by a millionaire is going to Egypt to find the priceless Glass Sphinx buried in a tomb. His assistant is an expert in Egyptian tombs. They pick up an exotic beauty along the way, as well as a mysterious follower of the expedition.
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Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles is a survey of motifs derived from Ancient Egyptian sources occurring as an architectural style. Egyptian Revival architecture is comparatively rare in the British Isles. Obelisks start appearing in the 17th century, mainly as decorative features on buildings and by the 18th century they started to be used in some numbers as funerary or commemorative monuments. In the later 18th century, mausoleums started to be built based on pyramids, and sphinxes were used as decorative features associated with monuments or mounted on gate piers. The pylon, a doorway feature with spreading jambs which support a lintel, also started to be used and became popular with architects.
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