The sphinx represented royal power in ancient Egypt, combining the physical strength of a lion with the worldly might of a king. The Great Sphinx by the pyramids of Giza is the largest and most ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff ... circa 170 to 116 B.C.) offering sacrifices to the lion-headed goddess Repit and her son Kolanthes, the team said ...

Child: Ok then. I’ll give it a go. This is a close-up photograph of a lion piece from a Mehen board game. It is carved from ivory. The ancient Egyptians often made things from hippopotamus ivory ...

A new exhibition aims to showcase a different side to ancient Egypt. Creatures of the Nile ... particularly the human-headed, lion-bodied Great Sphinx of Giza. "Animal imagery was used as an ...