A second Egyptian sphinx may have been discovered by construction workers improving a major road in the city of Luxor, officials say. The statue – said to have a lion’s body and human head – was unearthed between the two famed Nile-side temples of Karnak and Luxor.
It is about six miles from the Valley of the Kings, the burial place of Egypt’s ancient pharaohs. If the find turns out to be genuine, it could date back as far as 2500BC – making it more than 4,000 years old.
Mohamed Abel Aziz, director general of Luxor antiquities, said the structure would remain embedded in the soil for some time “due to the nature of the environment it is in”, according to the magazine Egypt Today.
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