Mohamed Abdel Aziz, director general of Luxor Antiquities, announced the find Sunday, according toEgypt Today.The sphinx was found at the site of a road connecting Luxor Temple and the Temple of Karnak, two vast ancient temple complexes on the east side of the Nile.
Experts in Southern Egypt recently discovered an extremely rare marble head depicting the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Additionally, experts in Australiafound the tattered remainsof an ancient priestess in a 2,500-year-old Egyptian coffin that was long thought to be empty.
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A second Sphinx was uncovered in Luxor, Egypt during upgrades being made to a road.
Archaeologists are now working to carefully lift the mysterious statue, Egypt Today reports. Officials say that, because of its location, the statue cannot be directly extracted from the ground.
In February, archaeologistsannouncedthe discovery of a 4,400-year-old tomb near the pyramids. Late last year, archaeologists also revealed that they haduncoveredthe graves of four children at an ancient site in Egypt.
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Experts in the U.K. alsofoundthe worlds oldest figurative tattoos on two ancient Egyptian mummies recently, one of which is the oldest tattooed female ever discovered.
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Ancient Egypt continues to reveal its secrets. Archaeologists recentlyopeneda cursed ancient black granite sarcophagus. In a separate project, experts alsouneartheda 2,200-year-old gold coin depicting the ancient King Ptolemy III, an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra.
Scientists also believe that they may have found thesecretof the Great Pyramids near-perfect alignment. Experts are also confident that they have solved the long-standing mystery of the screaming mummy.
While the famous Great Sphinx of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo is the best known, there are a number of smaller sphinx statues in Luxor.
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On the other side of the world, a rare ancient artifact depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut surfaced in the U.K. Stunning new research also claims that King Tutankhamun may have been a boy soldier, challenging the theory he was aweak and sickly youthbefore his mysterious death at around 18 years of age.
Other recent finds include anancient cemeteryin Egypt with more than 40 mummies and a necklace containing a message from the afterlife. An ancient statue of a Nubian king with an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics was also found at a Nile River temple in Sudan.
A mysterious sphinx has been discovered during roadwork in the Egyptian city of Luxor.
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