CNN

Archaeologists uncover sphinx-like statue and shrine in Egypt

A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt – but this one is thought to be Roman. The smiling sculpture and the remains of a shrine were found during an excavation mission in Qena, a ...
PBS

Saving the Sphinx

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Hawass recalls the painful moment: "The Sphinx for me is ...
Technical

Here’s all the tech involved as Penn Museum prepares to move its 25,000-pound Sphinx

Penn Museum has never undertaken anything like this, said Chief Building Engineer Brian Houghton as he stood on the wooden walkway above the Mosaic Courtyard. The museum is moving its 3,000-year-old ...
Los Angeles Times

Sphinx unearthed from 1923 Cecil B. DeMille movie set

Buried beneath the shifting sands of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is a story of Biblical proportions. In 1923, legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille built an epic Egyptian dreamscape on California’s ...