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Archaeologists decode the secrets of the Great Sphinx
Sphinx imagery appears across various ancient cultures, but its most famous representation lies in Egypt. Here, the Sphinx ...
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Interview with Mark Lehner, Archaeologist, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and Harvard Semitic Museum
We have the ruins of the temples attached to the pyramids and the sphinx, of course. And so that's kind of architectural. These tombs, many of them are inscribed with texts, ancient hieroglyphic ...
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Interview with Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director of the Pyramids
The Sphinx itself is connected to the Pyramid of ... and his followers worshipped him as a deity for years afterward. The ancient Egyptians believed their kings would live again for all time.
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Traveling to Egypt: Connect with history and culture
The Pyramids of Egypt have been greeting the rising sun for ever 5000 years and the Horemakhet (Great Sphinx), for over 8000 ...
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What remains of Ancient Egypt?
People can still walk amongst the ruins of the ancient city of Luxor or visit the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut! And we mustn’t forget the Sphinx! These places have lasted thousands of ...
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Riddle of the Sphinx Series
In excavating the site of the Giza Sphinx, infamous archaeologist Sir Gil Blythe Geoffreys unwittingly unleashed an ancient curse while translating a sacred scroll. Gil dies, and the scroll ...