Protection from the Sahara's howling dust storms may have helped the Sphinx maintain its steady gaze over the millennia. Newly discovered walls on the Giza plateau were part of an enclosure to protect ...

Towering near the pyramids, this monumental limestone statue continues to inspire ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the body ...

Situated by the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx impresses with its size – it measures 66 feet high and 234 feet long – and unique appearance. The monument depicts a part pharaoh, part lion ...

Everyone knows that the Egyptian pyramids are ancient — but exactly how old are they? Historians estimate that they were ...

One of a pair of 150-year-old lion statues in Weelsby Woods is to get a new face to match its "twin" Stonemasons are working on one of Grimsby's two iconic lion statues, which are almost 150 years ...

Sphinxes - statues with a lion's body and a man's head - are creatures ... The most famous of all, of course, being the Great Sphinx at Giza. Here it is now and, compared with the one at Giza ...

For years, archaeologists have been fascinated by the statue with a lion's body and human head. To discover the mysteries of the Sphinx, the team go inside the magnificent monument.

While the Pyramids at Giza ... statue, the Great Sphinx stretches more than 200 feet in length and stands an impressive 65 feet in height. With the head of a human and the body of a lion, this ...