Illustration by Pedro Velasco / 5W Infographics (source: Mark Lehner) Lehner's vision of the restored Sphinx after the 15th century B.C. includes a statue of Thutmose IV's father, Amenhotep II ...

He has done a lot of work at Kawa, north of Khartoum, where this sphinx came from. It was made to go into a temple there, that had been restored by Taharqo. Derek's description of the working ...

The most enigmatic of sculptures, the Sphinx was carved from a single block of limestone left over in the quarry used to build the Pyramids. Scholars believe it was sculpted about 4,600 years ago ...