5 FASCINATING little-known facts about St. Petersburg

Yes, St. Petersburg is only 320 years old, but the pink granite ancient Egyptian sphinxes on the Neva River embankment date to 3,500 years ago! They were discovered during archeological digs in the Egyptian city of Thebes in the 19th century and then made their way to St. Petersburg thanks to Andrey Muravyev, an explorer and a member of Russia's Academy of Sciences. 

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