Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a statue of a sphinx while draining water from the pharaonic temple of Kom Ombo near the southern city of Aswan. The antiquities ministry said the statue of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, the antiquities ministry says. The artefacts were found near the Hathor ...

As originally placed in the temple, Taharqo's sphinx would have been seen only by the ruler and by his closest circle - which would have included priests and officials from both Egypt and Kush.

Archeologists discovered two colossal sphinx statues while restoring the ancient Egyptian funerary temple of King Amenhotep III, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

An avenue of sphinxes once connected it to Karnak Temple almost two miles away. Luxor Temple at night. You begin by facing south towards the temple's facade. Until it was cleared in the 1880s ...

Leading up to the property's entrance is the Avenue of Sphinxes ... like traveling back in time. The temples are large and offer insight into life in ancient Egypt. Keep in mind that it can ...

The Great Sphinx. The Dream Stele stands between the legs of ... you are in luck as these cruises stop midway between Aswan ...

many of the abandoned Egyptian monuments became buried in the sand (for example, the famous Great Sphinx was buried up to its neck in the sand when Napoleon saw it). By the time of the Temple of ...

Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of Egypt's pharaohs (Tutankhamun ... hieroglyphs and an avenue lined with sphinxes. A second obelisk originally from the temple now ...

The U.S. Department of State issued a "Level 3" travel advisory to Egypt due to an increased risk of terrorism that has ...

Just picture the pyramids, the Sphinx, the pharaohs and the Nile ... is home to some of the most impressive temples in Egypt, ...