Working closely with a young Egyptian archaeologist named Zahi Hawass, Lehner also explored and mapped a passage in the Sphinx’s rump, concluding that treasure hunters likely had dug it after ...

The Sphinx of Taharqo, in its calculated mixture of the two different traditions, is not just a striking portrait of the Kushite ruler as a traditional Egyptian pharaoh, it's also a lesson in ...

The Sphinx is oriented from west to east and faces the rising sun. This was important to ancient Egyptians, who worshipped the sun ...

If you'd rather have a quintessential Egyptian experience, pay extra to explore the area by camel. The Great Sphinx sits on the Giza Plateau (about 12 miles southwest of downtown Cairo), where you ...

The Sphinx of Taharqo, in its calculated mixture of the two different traditions, is not just a striking portrait of the Kushite ruler as a traditional Egyptian pharaoh, it's also a lesson in ...

Ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx in Giza were briefly shuttered to the public this week because of a tech billionaire's wedding. That billionaire, Ankur Jain, and fitness trainer ...

King Thutmose IV didn't build the Great Sphinx. He rediscovered it, hidden in the sand, and - according to legend - it made him king in return. A Final Takeoff The Corning Museum of Glass The ...

Expect to see the largest ancient Egyptian sphinx in the Western Hemisphere, one of the oldest known wine vessels in the world (5400-5000 BCE), a Native American war bonnet made around 1890 ...