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 ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood guard over the desert for thousands of years. Carved from limestone and towering beside the pyramids, it remains a powerful symbol of ancient ingenuity.

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting in the shadow of the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the most widely recognizable relics of the ancient world. Even if you’ve ...

Leif Ristroph, a physicist and applied mathematician at New York University, was conducting experiments on how clay erodes in response to flowing water when he noticed tiny shapes emerging that ...

The oldest-known monument in Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza stands as a feat of engineering and craftsmanship—the massive structure having been carved out of a single limestone ridge at a ...

As the name suggests it is in Giza, a city on the west bank of the River Nile close to Cairo. It is around 4,500 years old. The Great Sphinx is also there. The pyramid is part of a complex of ...

One of Cairo's must-see attractions is the Great Sphinx, the world's oldest monumental sculpture. Situated by the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx impresses with its size – it measures 66 feet ...

The action of wind or flowing water may be enough to carve majestic lions in repose out of rocks or clay – and it’s possible that this natural process gave a rocky outcrop in Egypt a lion-like ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a symbol of ancient mystery and architectural brilliance, has watched over the Giza plateau for thousands of years. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Despite centuries of study ...