Child: The ancient Egyptian civilisation and language died ... A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. This is the Great Sphinx of Giza.

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 ...

A large cache of mummified animals found in an ancient Egyptian necropolis have ... verify whether two of the mummified animals are lion cubs, Egypt's ministry of antiques said.

Together, the techniques helped uncover the secrets of the ancient ochre, including that it had been transported—sometimes over impressive distances. This implies the strong likelihood that ...