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 ...

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

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 ...

Did you know the Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the biggest and oldest statues in the world? It’s about 66 feet tall and 240 feet long. Built around 2,600 B.C. under Pharaoh Khafre, it’s carved from a ...