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.

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 ...

Free and clearModern visitors to the Giza plateau gaze on a Sphinx free of sand, following clearance work carried out in the 1930s. Behind rises the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the tallest of Giza’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

For centuries, historians and archaeologists have explored the mysteries of the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. Who or what did it originally depict? What was its true name? However, less attention has ...

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 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 ...