Tour of the Sphinx at the Pyramids of Giza

February 1, 2024

Today I’ll be taking you on a little tour of the Sphinx at the Pyramids of Giza. Yesterday I gave you a tour around the Pyramids. Today it’s the turn of the mighty Sphinx. Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. On the Giza Plateau, situated on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt, the Great Sphinx stands as a limestone statue depicting a reclining creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it is believed to represent the pharaoh Khafre, and its original shape, carved from bedrock, has been restored with layers of limestone blocks. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Sphinx, dating back to the Old Kingdom, is

KV55 Coffin at The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo

December 25, 2023

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a video tour of the very special KV55 Coffin at The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo, from 1351 – 1334 BC. A tomb was discovered in 1907 in the Valley of the Kings during excavations paid for by a wealthy American lawyer called Theodore M. Davis. This tomb, which was uninscribed was later numbered KV55 and it’s one of Egyptology’s greatest mysteries. It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, Egypt’s first and only monotheistic Pharaoh. We’ll take a close look at the lid and the bottom of the gilded coffin. As