November 18, 2010
One of 12 new recently unearthed sphinxes smiles on Luxor (map), Egypt, in a picture released Monday. In a former residential neighborhood—razed for the sake of archaeology and tourism—the 2,300-year-old statues may have been the finishing touches on the Avenue of the Sphinxes, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities announced today.

One of 12 new recently unearthed sphinxes smiles on Luxor (map), Egypt, in a picture released Monday. In a former residential neighborhood—razed for the sake of archaeology and tourism—the 2,300-year-old statues may have been the finishing touches on the Avenue of the Sphinxes, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities announced today.

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