The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood guard over the desert for thousands of years. Carved from limestone and towering beside ...

This video explores the provocative idea that the Great Sphinx of Giza was originally carved as a female figure—possibly representing a lioness or goddess rather than a pharaoh. Drawing on oral ...

Two centuries later, in the late 1790s, when Napoleon’s forces fought the British in Egypt, the French became fascinated with ancient Egyptian history and its sites, including the Sphinx.

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 ...

“The Sphinx,” Hawass concluded in his 2006 book ... even if they remain buried under layers of sand, stone, and history.

Oedipus and the Sphinx excited many, with one critic calling Moreau the savior of history painting. But it also drew criticism, and these complaints often spoke of the work’s archaism ...

Throughout history, sphinx-like figures have appeared in many cultures. But none have left a mark quite like the one in Egypt. Here, the Sphinx represents strength, wisdom, and divine protection ...