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Historians discovered why so many Egyptian statues are missing their noses

For thousands of years, the statues of ancient Egypt have fascinated people around the world. Their lifelike faces, towering ...
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Mysteries of the Sphinx | The UnXplained

Cairo, Egypt is home to one of the most fascinating statues - The Sphinx. Experts must analyze the wear and tear on the stone ...
Artnet

Is the Great Sphinx Actually a Portrait?

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. Even if you’ve never seen ...
Bluewin

Is there a second Sphinx? Why a satellite expert has suddenly gone viral

The theory is explosive: is there a second Sphinx in Giza, Egypt? What is currently causing a stir on social media turns out on closer inspection to be a daring interpretation - with a thin factual ...
Artnet

Egypt Recovers 2,000-Year-Old Statues From Sunken City

Egypt has uncovered the 2,000-year-old remnants of Canopus, a sunken city off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, an ancient dock, and monumental statues. Prior to the establishment of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx

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 ...