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Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour at the Pyramids
Image via Wikipedia A crowd of 10000 fans is expected to pack the arena today in front of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx outside Giza as the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour touches down in Egypt for the first time. The event features the usual collection of the world’s best FMX athletes: Nate Adams (USA), Robbie... »
New discoveries at Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor
Egyptian archaeologists carrying routine excavations at the so-called “Avenue of Sphinxes,” have unearthed the remains of a 5th century Egyptian Christian church and a “nilometer,” a structure used to measure the level of the Nile during floods. Divided into five sections, the Avenue of Sphinxes is now yielding a number of archaeological remains. On the second... »
Luxor Avenue of Sphinxes will open in March
An ancient passageway flanked by sphinxes and used for one the most important religious events in ancient Egypt will open to the public next March. Known as the Avenue of the Sphinxes, the 2.7 kilometre (1.7 mile) road was originally built by 18th dynasty Amenhotep III (1387–1349 BC) to connect the temples of Karnak and... »
Auction: Early photo of Giza
Images of Egypt dating from the ‘early 1850s’ will go on sale at an auction this week. Six unsigned 20×24cm salt prints – which include views of the pyramids and the Sphinx – will form part of a Vintage Photography sale at Dominic Winter Book Auctions in Gloucestershire on Wednesday. Amateur Photographer »
Keeping the Paws of the Great Sphinx Dry
Image via Wikipedia Groundwater level is constantly rising and seeping into the foundations of the ancient Egyptian monuments, putting these “eternal” structures in peril and irretrievable doom. Dr. Zahi Hawass, chief archaeologist and head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, reports on his blog about what’s being done to prevent underground water from threatening the... »
