The tomb of a member of a powerful family that governed a swathe of western Egypt about 2,500 years ago was unveiled today, along with a dozen recently discovered mummies from Roman times.

The mummies are among 400 to 500 located in what Egypt has dubbed the Valley of the Golden Mummies — grounds where thousands were believed entombed...

Click here for more.  The Scotsman, UK, 12 Dec 2004.

The riddle of the Sphinx has confounded generations of tourists and experts alike.  Who built it, why, and what does it mean? Now a leading Egyptologist believes that he has pieced together the puzzle.

After researching the pyramids of the Giza Plateau and their imposing half-human, half-animal guardian for 20 years, Vassil Dobrev of the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo has concluded that the Sphinx was the work of a forgotten pharaoh...

Click here for more.  The Independent, UK, 11 December 2004.