Egypt
- Restoration Work At The Sphinx Continues
drhawass.com Two photographs (185 and 186) of the restoration work currently being carried out on the Great Sphinx at Giza Plateau. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Feature: Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx
Smithsonian.com (Evan Hadingham) Five page article about investigations into the Sphinx. Here's an extract: Recognized today as one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and Sphinx authorities, Lehner has conducted field research at Giza during most...
- Egyptologist Proposes That There Were Two Sphinxes At Giza
Egypt Daily Star (Ahmed Maged) Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa believes that the famed half-lion, half-man statue was an Egyptian deity that was erected next to another sphinx, which has since vanished without a trace. This contradicts what many have believed...
- Restoration Of Djoser Step Pyramid At Saqqara
http://tinyurl.com/2kh2vc (sis.gov.eg) "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced Saturday 31/03/2007 the start of restoration work on the step pyramid Zoser at Sakkara area in Giza. Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas...
- Saving The Sphinx, Again
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/786/fr3.htm A piece on the Al Ahram Weekly website about the latest restoration work on the Sphinx: "The Giza Plateau was a hive of activity yesterday, reports Nevine El-Aref. In addition to the usual tourists roaming around...
Egypt
Facelift for Giza Sphinx
http://tinyurl.com/mr5ld
"The Great Sphinx of Giza, one of the most famous monuments of Pharaonic Egypt, is to get a facelift, the Egyptian ministry of culture said on Tuesday. Restoration work on the noseless creature undertaken by the High Council for Antiquities is to focus on the beast's neck and chest, rendered fragile by the erosion of desert winds. Egyptian antiquities boss Zahi Hawas said the last restoration work on the half-man half-lion statue was carried out in 1996."
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- Restoration Work At The Sphinx Continues
drhawass.com Two photographs (185 and 186) of the restoration work currently being carried out on the Great Sphinx at Giza Plateau. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Feature: Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx
Smithsonian.com (Evan Hadingham) Five page article about investigations into the Sphinx. Here's an extract: Recognized today as one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and Sphinx authorities, Lehner has conducted field research at Giza during most...
- Egyptologist Proposes That There Were Two Sphinxes At Giza
Egypt Daily Star (Ahmed Maged) Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa believes that the famed half-lion, half-man statue was an Egyptian deity that was erected next to another sphinx, which has since vanished without a trace. This contradicts what many have believed...
- Restoration Of Djoser Step Pyramid At Saqqara
http://tinyurl.com/2kh2vc (sis.gov.eg) "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced Saturday 31/03/2007 the start of restoration work on the step pyramid Zoser at Sakkara area in Giza. Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas...
- Saving The Sphinx, Again
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/786/fr3.htm A piece on the Al Ahram Weekly website about the latest restoration work on the Sphinx: "The Giza Plateau was a hive of activity yesterday, reports Nevine El-Aref. In addition to the usual tourists roaming around...