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Sphinx statues found in Egypt

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« on: August 17, 2008, 04:53:13 am »

Sphinx statues found in Egypt

Fri Aug 15, 1:54 PM ET
 


CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed four small statues of the Sphinx, the mythological figure of a lion with a human head, the Higher Council of Antiquities said on Friday.


 
The headless sandstone statues were found on a road linking the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak in southern Egypt, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said in a statement.

They were unearthed in an area once occupied by a police station that was demolished as part of a project to rescue artifacts, Hawass said.

The statues date from the reign of King Nekhtnebef who founded the 30th Pharaonic dynasty (363-380 BC), Hawass added.

The same team of archaeologists also found a sandstone block engraved with the name of Queen Cleopatra.
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 04:54:43 am »

If anyone digs up any pictures of these, feel free to post them! 
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