The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural limestone ...

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

The great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the world’s most famous and enigmatic monuments, may be thousands of years older than archaeologists have believed, says Boston University geologist Robert Schoch, ...

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (2023), his latest feature film—which has been called his “finest since Gladiator”—was released yesterday following its November 14 premiere in Paris. The film includes one of ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

Google has taken us on virtual tours of ancient monuments in Mexico, India, Italy, Jordan — and now it's Egypt's turn for the panoramic treatment of archaeological sites. This week, Google unveiled ...

When Mark Lehner was a teenager in the late 1960s, his parents introduced him to the writings of the famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. During one of his trances, Cayce, who died in 1945, saw that ...

For ages it was widely believed that these great monuments were built by slaves forced into labor to serve the desires and the egos of their rulers. But, the truth, hidden for nearly 40 centuries, is ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

The Sphinx and the historical site of the Giza Pyramids are illuminated with blue light, as part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 ...

New water pumping system at Giza Plateau has ecologists worried about possible damage to Egypt's best-known historical monuments One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system ...