(FOX) -- Archaeologists have discovered a stunning sphinx statue at an ancient temple in southern Egypt.
The sandstone statue was discovered during a project to reduce groundwater at Kom Ombo temple in Aswan.
The statue likely dates back to the Ptolemaic period, between 305 B.C. and 30 B.C., according to Dr. Mostafa Waziri, general secretary of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.