Joseph Conyers, assistant principal bass for the celebrated Philadelphia Orchestra, was used to being just about the only black kid in the orchestra when he was a youngster in Savannah, Georgia. So he ...

Did you know the Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the biggest and oldest statues in the world? It’s about 66 feet tall and 240 feet long. Built around 2,600 B.C. under Pharaoh Khafre, it’s carved from a ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the most recognizable monuments in ancient Egypt, but its unusual proportions have raised questions for generations. Its body is massive, yet the head appears ...

There are signs the Sphinx was unfinished. In 1978, in a corner of the statue’s quarry, Hawass and Lehner found three stone blocks, abandoned as laborers were dragging them to build the Sphinx Temple.

Egyption scientists say they have unearthed the secrets behind how the Great Sphinx - one of the ancient world's biggest wonders - was built. The origins of the Sphinx have baffled researchers for ...

When Mark Lehner was a teenager in the late 1960s, his parents introduced him to the writings of the famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. During one of his trances, Cayce, who died in 1945, saw that ...