Hidden between the Sphinx and the Second Pyramid lies a 90-foot vertical shaft carved directly into limestone bedrock. Three descending levels. Granite boxes. Flooded chambers. Human remains.

Cairo, Nov 6 (EFE).Cairo, Nov 6 (EFE). — Egyptian authorities have completed the restoration of the famous Sphinx and the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three Giza Pyramids, said Antiquities ...

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural limestone ...

The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his tomb.

It’s known from hieroglyphic texts that Khafre’s father, Khufu, built the 481-foot-tall Great Pyramid, a quarter mile from where the Sphinx would later be built. Khafre, following a tough act, ...

Google has taken us on virtual tours of ancient monuments in Mexico, India, Italy, Jordan — and now it's Egypt's turn for the panoramic treatment of archaeological sites. This week, Google unveiled ...

Fancy a trip halfway around the world to visit the Pyramids of Giza? For those who don't have the time or the money to fly to Egypt and view the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in ...

NARRATOR: Nothing represents the mysteries of ancient Egypt more than the Great Sphinx. How did the Egyptians build this crouching lion, human-headed creature? ZAHI HAWASS (Supreme Council of ...

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza. Click here to view in Google Street View. On Tuesday morning, Google unveiled Street View Egypt in Google Maps, the latest step in the tech giant’s quest to ...

Having never been to Cairo or Egypt for that matter, I really didn’t know what to expect. Upon arriving on Saturday afternoon, my first impression was that this largest of all cities in Africa was a ...

When Mark Lehner was a teenager in the late 1960s, his parents introduced him to the writings of the famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. During one of his trances, Cayce, who died in 1945, saw that ...