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 ...

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.

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

Sphinx statues may not have been created solely by humans, according to scientists from New York University. The team, led by Dr Leif Ristroph, studied the giant stone statues to figure out how ...

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.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue "with a smiley face and two dimples" near the Hathor Temple, one of the country's best preserved ancient sites, the tourism and antiquities ...

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 ...

It is not uncommon for new sphinx statues to be found in Egypt. But the country's most famous sphinx, the Great Sphinx of Giza, dates back to around 2,500 BC and represents the ancient Egyptian ...