The sphinx's enigma:
Was the Great Sphinx of Giza built with a lion's head and later given the face of a king?
Traditionally, the effigy of Pharaoh Khafre has been seen on it, but new studies suggest different interpretations.
Zahi Hawass - Secretary General of the Egyptian High Council of Antiquities and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence - presents the latest theories on the mystery surrounding this enigmatic Old Kingdom work.
The Pyramid code:
For five thousand years. The pyramids of Egypt have exerted a powerful fascination on those who have contemplated them. Who built them? How were they built, and why? We know that ancient burial mounds made of stone and sand became mastabas, which gave way to pyramids. These impressive constructions -like the Great Pyramid of Cheops- were built following a secret code that now
archaeologists are in a position to reveal.