A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt – but this one is thought to be Roman.. The smiling sculpture and the remains of a shrine were found during an excavation mission in Qena, a ...

Eat your heart out, Oedipus. An ancient temple in southern Egypt yielded a smiling, Sphinx-like statue amid the remnants of a shrine, the country’s Antiquities Ministry announced Monday. Arch… ...

The Sphinx monument here is near the no. 4 puzzle room. The plaque here shows a picture of a huge human statue and the star-shaped tower at the center of the area behind it.

The statue is much smaller than the towering, well-known Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza complex, which is 66 feet (20 meters) high. The archaeologists also found a Roman-era stone slab with ...

The statue is much smaller than the towering, well-known Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza complex, which is 66 feet (20 meters) high. The archaeologists also found a Roman-era stone slab with ...

Experts described the statue as having a face with royal features, including a slight smile, two dimples and traces of yellow and red. The sphinx is also wearing a Nemes — a royal headdress.

The Sphinx’s head has a royal look and bears some traditional symbols of ancient Egypt’s monarchy. It wears the nemes, a cloth headdress worn by Egyptian pharaohs.The remains of a carved royal ...

QENA, Egypt — Archaeologists unearthed a Sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, antiquities authorities said Monday. The artifacts were found in ...

Authorities say archaeologists have unearthed a Sphinx-like Roman-era statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt.