The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting in the shadow of the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the most widely recognizable relics of the ancient world. Even if you’ve never seen ...

Sphinx is the human-headed lion in ancient Greek mythology; the term likely came into use some 2,000 years after the statue was built. There are hundreds of tombs at Giza with hieroglyphic ...

Divers pulled out several sunken antiquities from Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria on Thursday. The artefacts include a quartz sphinx statue with the sigil of Rameses II, a granite figure and a white marble ...