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After a 500-year search, researchers believe they’ve found the long-lost tomb of Vlad III — the brutal Romanian nobleman more ...
The oldest known sphinx statuette has just been found near the pyramids of Giza. It’s small in size but massive in historical ...
The tomb of Pharaoh Amasis II remains one of Ancient Egypt’s most puzzling mysteries. Some researchers believe it may lie near the Great Sphinx, hidden in plain sight. This video explores the theories ...
What is the true origin of the Oracle of Delphi, who was said to have been involved in events as far back as the Trojan War?
Great Sphinx is ranked #3 out of 22 things to do in Cairo. See pictures and our review of Great Sphinx.
Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...
Josiah Bancroft. Orbit, $15.99 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-316-51795-9 Bancroft’s brilliant second installment in the Books of Babel, following Senlin Ascends, continues Thomas Senlin’s ...
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the holding of the Opening Ceremony of the Sphinx Avenue in Luxor on Thursday 25/11/2021, at 7:30 pm.
The Egyptian archaeological mission stumbled upon a sandstone statue of a Sphinx during excavation work that was being carried out at the Kom Ombo temple in Aswan to reduce the ground water level ...
The role of the Khemenyu, «The ones of the town "Eight" (Khemenu/Hermopolis)», known as Ogdoad, was crucial in the theologies of Ptolemaic temples, in Thebes, Fayum and other places. In Thebes ...
Scientists reveal face of Egypt’s forgotten female Pharoah in huge breakthrough Scientists believe statues of the controversial ruler could have been "deactivated".
These sphinxes were modeled with the distinctive nemes head dress associated with the Egyptian pharoahs and cannot be confused with other versions of the sphinx in Mediterranean and Near Eastern ...