Wall around the Sphinx
Egypt

Wall around the Sphinx


Egyptian archaeologists have found the remains of a mud brick wall built to protect the Sphinx on the Giza plataeu. The 132 meter long wall has been dated to the restoration of the sphinx under the authority of Thutmosis IV.




- Discovery Of Mud Brick Wall From Reign Of King Thuthmose Iv At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King Thuthmose IV (1400-1390 BCE). The...

- Brooklyn At The Temple Of Mut - The Second Week
Brooklyn Museum On January 15 we finished removing the baulk stub over the remains of the southern boundary wall of the Taharqa Gate approach. In this view to the northeast, you can now see that we have a single, wide wall that has been successively...

- Work Underway By The Brooklyn Museum At The Precinct Of Mut
Brooklyn Museum (Mary McKercher) With lots of great photos. At the end of 2010 we thought that we might have found the point at which the mud brick running north-south along the full length of the west side of the excavation area made a corner with the...

- 400 Impoverished Burials Found At Giza
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus has reported on findings announced at the Atlanta conference, which he attended. Great story Owen! At a scholarly conference in Atlanta archaeologists announced that the burials of 400 people – dating...

- New Discovery At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press Release, with photographs. An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King...



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