Archaeologists believe that the Great Sphinx was built during Egypt’s Old Kingdom (circa 2575–2150 B.C.) by the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre.

Until recently, experts thought that King Djedefre was a murderer and outcast who couldn't possibly have had the power to create the Great Sphinx. But new evidence makes him a more likely candidate.

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 ...

The Great Sphinx is believed to be a manifestation of the sun god, built to protect the pyramids around 2500 B.C., during the 4th dynasty, along with the Great Pyramids of Giza.

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting in the shadow of the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the most widely recognizable relics of the ancient world.

Egypt's Great Sphinx has been a wonder and mystery since it was discovered in 1817. Now, researchers believe they have discovered how the massive limestone was carved 4,500 years ago.

The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood guard over the desert for thousands of years. Carved from limestone and towering beside the pyramids, it remains a powerful symbol of ancient ingenuity.

Now Ristroph has turned his attention to the mystery of the Great Spinx of Giza. In the early 1980s, an Egyptian geologist named Farouk El-Baz proposed that the sphinx's head might have been ...

If this was true then the Great Sphinx would’ve been built somewhere between 2550 BC and 2450 BC. Although it was only found 1817, after an excavation team uncovered the mammoth beast's chest.

The Great Sphinx of Giza was likely first shaped by wind movements long before ancient Egyptian artists sculpted the iconic statue to its final form, a new study suggests.. The research, published ...

A trio of experimental physicists and applied mathematicians at New York University has found evidence that Egypt's Great Sphinx of Giza may have originated as a natural formation. For their study ...