The great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the world’s most famous and enigmatic monuments, may be thousands of years older than archaeologists have believed, says Boston University geologist Robert Schoch, ...

Hidden between the Sphinx and the Second Pyramid lies a 90-foot vertical shaft carved directly into limestone bedrock. Three descending levels. Granite boxes. Flooded chambers. Human remains.

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural limestone ...

Who really carved the Great Sphinx of Egypt and constructed Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun? For centuries man has been baffled by the great monuments left behind by the ancients. How could various ...

Google has taken us on virtual tours of ancient monuments in Mexico, India, Italy, Jordan — and now it's Egypt's turn for the panoramic treatment of archaeological sites. This week, Google unveiled ...

The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his tomb.

new video loaded: Egypt's pyramids, sphinx awash in green transcript ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza went green on November 30 in a show of solidarity with ...

Having never been to Cairo or Egypt for that matter, I really didn’t know what to expect. Upon arriving on Saturday afternoon, my first impression was that this largest of all cities in Africa was a ...