Conservation of the Sphinx has had an impressively long history. Around 1400 B.C., according to a stela found between the statue's paws, the Egyptian prince Thutmose IV dreamt that the Sphinx ...

King Thutmose IV didn't build the Great Sphinx. He rediscovered it, hidden in the sand, and - according to legend - it made him king in return.

As told in ancient Egyptian texts, King Thutmose IV once went on a hunting trip near the Sphinx. After the trip, he dreamt that the Sphinx wanted him to clear the sand surrounding its body.

A missing duke, the tomb of Thutmose IV and Sherlock Holmes all converge in 'œThe Return of the Pharaoh,'ť the newest installment of Nicholas Meyer's take on the adventures of the world-renowned ...

Wall inscriptions and paintings suggest it belongs to era between the reigns of King Amenhotep II and King Thutmose IV, both pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.

According to Manuelian, the hieroglyphs on the famed stela tell the story of how Thutmose IV cleared away the sand burying the sphinx and was subsequently made king. “Is it true?

Badly eroded, it has undergone numerous restorations over the millennia, beginning with one conducted about 1400 B.C. by the pharaoh Tuthmosis IV, who dreamt that the Sphinx asked him to clear the ...

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty said that the ministry will retrieve within the coming weeks parts of a pillar of Thutmose IV's temple in Luxor which was stolen and smuggled to the British ...

Arm Panel From a Ceremonial Chair of Thutmose IV. Work Type. Chair, Arm Panel. Style/Period. New Kingdom; Dynasty 18; reign of Thutmose IV. Date. ca. 1400–1390 B.C. Creation/Discovery Site. From: ...