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 ...

Across Egypt, sphinxes appeared everywhere in sculptures, reliefs and paintings, often depicted as a potent symbol of royalty and the sacred power of the sun. Based on Lehner’s analysis of the many ...

CAIRO — While Americans feasted their eyes on a full-blown Thanksgiving Day parade after a two-year Covid absence, nearly 6,000 miles away Egypt revived a very different cultural tradition that has ...

Recent technological advancements have unveiled mysterious voids beneath the Sphinx, sparking debates among archaeologists and historians. These discoveries, made possible through advanced scanning ...

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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered broken statues of ancient royalty at a sun temple in Heliopolis, an archaeological site that was once a major city near what is now Cairo. The stone-carved ...

Arriving at Manhattan from Cairo, one Arthur K. Woodley, civil engineer, recounted impressions gleaned during a recent visit to the Great Sphinx of Giza, as follows: “There is grave danger that the ...

A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...