LIFTING THE SPHINX’S FACE.
Tiny Sphinx', that iiisorulablq monument; of' ancient Egypt, with a'hunuuxvfac'o 'sot' in'- ri. 1 cynical smjlo, -and’ a body of a lion, is undergoing facelifting’troatiueiit to restore its complexion (says the'“Sunday Express’ ). Serious alarm was'edfised recently. by tho fraid lire of art enoVmou's ‘mass of its grani to’ hcadilrqs|, r and inspection revealed furtliel’ ' iTeep-seated cracks lilcq wrinkles ' ih (th’o' head tnd -neck. The beauty specialists of the Egyptian Department of Archaeology immediately set' to work - , and when their /treatment has been finished it is believed- that the Sphinx Svill be safe for centuries. The whole' structure of the monument’litis been submitted to : a course of regeneration and preservation. The sand which has' Ueon slowly * submerging it has been'removed. .Travellers may see it in its entirety and view' the ' lifted head/'towering like a five-storey building above its'soft paws, for'tire first time in 51,000 years.' ' •
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11493, 21 November 1931, Page 9
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148LIFTING THE SPHINX’S FACE. Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11493, 21 November 1931, Page 9
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