Sphinx (disambiguation)

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.

Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:

In Egypt Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis Sphinx International Airport, a public airport serving the city of Giza

Geographic features Antarctica Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands Sphinx Island, Graham Land Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land

Canada The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia

Europe Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove

United States The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)

Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros. The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger

Film and television The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below) "Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode "The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode

Literature and periodicals Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde "The Sphinx", an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha

Music Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby) The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh "The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear Sphinx, a song by Gojira from their 2021 album Fortitude Sphinx (album), an album by the Allegro Jazz Ensemble

Other media Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a 2003 action-adventure video game The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City

Organisations Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer

Science and technology Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond

Computing Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987 Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server

Transport CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design

Other uses Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931 Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs The Sphinx, nicknames of a prominent German general and military reformers, Hans von Seeckt Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch glacier saddle in Switzerland

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