Fresh theories suggest the iconic Great Sphinx of Giza may not represent a pharaoh, but instead depict a woman. This video explores clues in the statue’s features, ancient symbolism, and alternative ...

The Sphinx and these massive tombs are definitely connected; the giant guardian appears to sit right between two of them, each erected by a different fourth-dynasty pharaoh.

SECRET chambers hidden below the Great Sphinx of Giza could lead to undiscovered treasures, a top historian has claimed. Hopeful theories of lost loot buried below the Sphinx have been around for c… ...

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

Archeologists believe the Great Sphinx of Giza doesn't represent a mythological creature but an ancient pharaoh.

The Sphinx, which before the 1800s spent thousands of years buried in the sand with only its head visible, may stand sentinel for the pharaoh’s tomb complex, although there’s no definitive ...

The pharaoh’s central authority gradually weakened, allowing provincial officials to assert themselves—culminating in an era of civil war. Today, the Sphinx is still eroding.

Archaeologists digging in Israel say they have made an unexpected find: the feet of an Egyptian sphinx linked to a pyramid-building pharaoh.

A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt – but this one is thought to be Roman. The smiling sculpture and the remains of a shrine were found during an excavation mission in Qena, a ...