If you see one sphinx, you’ve seen ’em all, right? Maybe not. Most folks are somewhat familiar with the Egyptian Sphinx, by photograph or personal viewing. It’s a creature with a man’s head and a lion ...

Archaeologists have discovered the missing head of one of the two marble sphinxes guarding a huge Macedonian tomb under excavation in Amphipolis, Greece. The statue's head has wavy hair that falls to ...

A recently resurfaced declassified CIA document has sparked a fresh discussion across the internet, reigniting decades-old claims about hidden structures beneath the Great Sphinx of Giza. The document ...

Greek archaeologists excavating a massive Alexander the Great-era burial mound complex at Kasta Hill, in the northern Greek region of Serres, have found one of the missing sphinx heads belonging to ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece - The head of a near-intact marble sphinx has been discovered in the largest tomb ever unearthed in Amphipolis, northern Greece, the culture ministry announced on Tuesday.

The Sphinx is thought to be a representation of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who saw Egypt join the Roman Empire. A limestone Sphinx statue and other artifacts were uncovered by archaeologists in ...

After puzzling experts for over 100 years, an inscription on an ancient sphinx has now been deciphered, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry A ...

Is any ancient civilisation more enduringly fascinating than Egypt? Egypt was already old when the Greek city-states and Republican (and later Imperial) Rome had their heyday, and scholars from those ...

The Penn Museum used “glorified hoverboards” to lift its 13-ton ancient Egyptian sphinx to its new home at the entrance, where it will greet visitors. The Penn Museum used “glorified hoverboards” to ...