HAIFA, Israel, July 9 (UPI) -- Fragments of a 4,000 year-old Egyptian sphinx were uncovered in an archaeological dig at Tel Hazor in northern Israel, officials said Tuesday.
Hebrew University Professor Amnon Ben-Tor, director of the excavations, told Israel Radio an inscription found between the legs of the sphinx suggests it is Pharaoh Menkaure, otherwise known under the Hellenized name of Mykerinos.