Schoch will present his findings today at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in San Diego. “The dramatic weathering we found on the body of the Sphinx is not seen on other structures ...

The great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the world’s most famous and enigmatic monuments, may be thousands of years older than archaeologists have believed, says Boston University geologist Robert S… ...

An illustration of the Sphinx weathering process. The team, led by New York University’s Leif Ristroph, originally studied how water eroded clay.

The Sphinx in Egypt might have originally had the face of a lion, it is claimed. And it could be much older than previously thought, investigations led by a British geologist suggest.

EGYPT's Great Sphinx of Giza may originally have had the face of a lion, according a British team who claim they solved one of history's most puzzling riddles in 2008.

AN EGYPT investigator has put forward a sensational "game-changing" theory on the Great Sphinx, which challenges long-held views on the ancient monument.

Unlike the pyramids, the Great Sphinx of Giza has mostly avoided debates about its creation.Though researchers have argued who had the statue built or what it was meant to represent, there’s ...

Thanks to an experiment that replicates the wind moving against once-shapeless mounds of clay, a new study suggests that erosion played a role in first sculpting the Great Sphinx of Giza.

The great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the world’s most famous and enigmatic monuments, may be thousands of years older than archaeologists have believed, says Boston University geologist Robert S… ...