An Ancient Sphinx That Turned Out To Be Not So Ancient People working in sand dunes in northern California found a Sphinx. But it was made of plaster, and instead of thousands of years old, it was ...

Last week, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia moved its 12.5 ton Egyptian sphinx to a new gallery. The move took planning, patience, and a few hoverboards.

Moving a 25,000-pound ancient Sphinx from one side of a museum to another isn't exactly a walk in the park. Just ask the guy responsible for leading the effort, part of the team of engineers ...

The iconic Giza pyramids and the Great Sphinx have long been hailed as marvels of ancient engineering, built roughly 4,500 ...

June 12, 2019 How do you move an ancient 25,000 pound sphinx? Very carefully. Engineers, contractors, museum officials - and lots of technology, were used to move the giant artifact ...

Archaeologists have discovered a sphinx buried in Luxor in Egypt—the site of the ancient city of Thebes—Egypt Today has reported. The newly uncovered sphinx is the latest treasure imparted by ...

A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.

The largest ancient sphinx in the Western Hemisphere was on the prowl Wednesday for the first time in nearly 100 years. Philadelphia's Penn Museum relocated its 3,000-year-old sphinx of Pharaoh ...

A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The sphinx is the latest fascinating ancient find in Egypt. Another sphinx was recently uncovered during roadwork in the city of Luxor, 112 miles north of Aswan.

The largest ancient sphinx in the Western Hemisphere was on the prowl Wednesday for the first time in nearly 100 years. Philadelphia’s Penn Museum relocated its 3,000-year-old sphinx of Pharaoh ...