Sphinx Statues

Scientists in the United States have claimed that they have finally figured out how the Great Sphinx in Egypt was built more than 4,500 years ago.

It is much smaller than the famous sphinx in the pyramids of Giza, which is 66-feet-high.

Egypt unveiled on Thursday a road lined with hundreds of ram-headed sphinx statues dating back more than 3,000 years, in a grandiose night-time ceremony at Karnak Temple in archaeologically-rich Luxor.

A life-size replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza has reappeared in China - two years after it was torn down at the request of Egypt. The resurrection of the Sphinx has prompted a "furious" Egypt to file yet another complaint with UNESCO. Egypt had claimed, in 2014, that it could end up hurting the country's tourism industry, demanding it be taken do...

Scientists in the United States have claimed that they have finally figured out how the Great Sphinx in Egypt was built more than 4,500 years ago.

It is much smaller than the famous sphinx in the pyramids of Giza, which is 66-feet-high.

Egypt unveiled on Thursday a road lined with hundreds of ram-headed sphinx statues dating back more than 3,000 years, in a grandiose night-time ceremony at Karnak Temple in archaeologically-rich Luxor.

A life-size replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza has reappeared in China - two years after it was torn down at the request of Egypt. The resurrection of the Sphinx has prompted a "furious" Egypt to file yet another complaint with UNESCO. Egypt had claimed, in 2014, that it could end up hurting the country's tourism industry, demanding it be taken do...