The great sphinx of giza: Did you mean...?

A view of a part of the Giza monuments : the sphinx and the Kephren pyramid

Memphis was one of the oldest and most important cities in ancient Egypt, located at the entrance to the Nile River Valley near the Giza plateau. It served as the capital of ancient Egypt and an important religious cult center. The original...

Explore how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid, a tomb created for Pharaoh Khufu which took over 20 years to complete. As soon as Pharaoh Khufu ascended the throne circa 2575 BCE, work on his eternal resting place began. The...

Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Sphinx from a mausoleum at Arausio, (Orange, France), 1st century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Orange.

The sphinx was inscribed with the names of the pharaohs Ammenemes II (12th Dynasty, 1929-1895 BC), Merneptah (19th Dynasty, 1212-02 BC) and Shoshenq I (22nd Dynasty, 945-24 BC). According to archaeologists, certain details suggest that this...

The Sphinx Gate in Hattusa (the capital of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age) was part of the city's fortifications. All four door jambs of the gate bore representations of Sphinxes. Only one original Sphinx is still in place while...

Guardian sphinx from a gable, from building H in Xanthos, Lycia (modern-day Turkey), c. 460 BCE. The sphinx, a creature combining elements of a woman, a lion, and a bird, had significant associations with death in both Greece and Lycia...

Limestone sphinx head from the Ptolemaic period, Medinet Madi, Temple of Isis-Thermutis. (Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan)

Alabaster sphinx in Memphis, Egypt.