The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx Over 4,500 years ago, the Great Sphinx was carved out of a quarry on the Giza Plateau. It has the body of a lion and the head of a man. It is part of a larger complex with Temples and causeways containing the Giza Pyramids. It is speculated the head...
Who Was Sir Richard Francis Burton?

Who Was Sir Richard Francis Burton?

Sir Richard Francis Burton Explorer, soldier, poet, translator, diplomat, spy, linguist, writer, cartographer, fencer, and more. A great and enigmatic person in history. Burton traveled the world, going to places that few westerners had ever been. Most importantly, he...