The monument depicts a part pharaoh ... If you'd rather have a quintessential Egyptian experience, pay extra to explore the area by camel. The Great Sphinx sits on the Giza Plateau (about 12 ...

dune-covered wilderness where a scattering of tombs lay under the burning Egyptian sun. Along with the enigmatic Sphinx and other smaller tombs and monuments, Giza has three principal pyramids ...

The most famous ancient Egyptian monuments, the pyramids, are aligned with the stars and the cardinal points. The famous Sphinx is perched to the east of the Great Pyramid of Khafre and watches ...

NOVA: There have been claims that a great civilization predates ancient dynastic Egypt—one that existed ... building the pyramids and sculpting the Sphinx. Is this possible?

From Egypt to Indonesia, to even France, discover the eight most fascinating pyramids in the world, a once-in-a-lifetime ...

At the time, many Europeans had heard of the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx, but the ancient temples and monuments of Upper Egypt were unknown. Dominique-Vivant Denon, an artist and writer ...

Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to imagine that this monument—which ... three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom ...

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.