Yahoo News New Sphinx statue is uncovered in Luxor in Egypt
The Sphinx is possibly the world’s most famous statue, carved from rock more than 4,000 years ago – and now archaeologists have unearthed another human-headed creature in Luxor.
It’s more modestly sized than the 240ft monster at Giza – and is one of many which lined Luxor’s ancient Al-Kabbash Road.
The road links the Luxor Temple and the Karnak Temple, and it’s thought the road once housed 1,000 of the statues.
Sphinx statues have the body of a lion and the head of a human – although some found in the area also have the heads of rams.
General Director of Luxor Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Aziz said the team is currently working out how to extract the new find from the road.
According to Egypt Today, it cannot be extracted directly due to its location.
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It’s part of a project to excavate, repair and reinstall the sphinxes on the Al-Kabbash Road.
