Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Many mysteries still surround the Great Sphinx of Giza. Half-man ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood guard over the desert for thousands of years. Carved from limestone and towering beside the pyramids, it remains a powerful symbol of ancient ingenuity. With its ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the most iconic and mysterious monuments of ancient Egypt. This prehistoric limestone statue that has the body of a lion and the face of a man, has been a part of ...

Leif Ristroph, a physicist and applied mathematician at New York University, was conducting experiments on how clay erodes in response to flowing water when he noticed tiny shapes emerging that ...

Flying to see the Great Giza Pyramids in Egypt isn't as cheap as a quick destination trip, but once you're on the ground the ...

The Sphinx was not assembled piece by piece but was carved from a single mass of limestone exposed when workers dug a horseshoe-shaped quarry in the Giza plateau. Approximately 66 feet tall and 240 ...

On the northeastern edge of the Giza Plateau, I discovered three perfectly cut shafts hidden beneath the sands. They sit in the triangle between the Great Sphinx, Khufu's Pyramid and Khafre's Pyramid, ...

Historical introduction -- The step pyramid of Saqqara -- The pyramid of Meidum -- The pyramids of Dahshur -- The plateau of Giza -- The pyramid of Khufu -- The pyramid of Khafre -- The pyramid of ...

Recent scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed something remarkable: two previously unknown cavities. Researchers with the ScanPyramids project used non-destructive methods ...