Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 40 years ago, Farouk El-Baz — a space scientist and geologist known for his field investigations in deserts around the ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting in the shadow of the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the most widely recognizable relics of the ancient world. Even if you’ve never seen ...

(CNN) — More than 40 years ago, Farouk El-Baz — a space scientist and geologist known for his field investigations in deserts around the world — theorized that the wind played a big hand in shaping ...

The Great Sphinx has been studied for centuries, yet its origins remain disputed. This investigation looks at the first ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a symbol of ancient wonder and architectural brilliance, has watched over the Giza plateau for thousands of years. Towering near the pyramids, this monumental limestone ...

The oldest-known monument in Egypt, the Great Sphinx of Giza stands as a feat of engineering and craftsmanship—the massive structure having been carved out of a single limestone ridge at a height 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 ...

(CNN) — More than 40 years ago, Farouk El-Baz — a space scientist and geologist known for his field investigations in deserts around the world — theorized that the wind played a big hand in shaping ...

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