Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1886 — Unearthing a Sphinx. [ARTICLE]

Unearthing a Sphinx.

The famous sphinx of Ghizeh, near the great pyramids of Egypt, is likely to be completely unearthed befordlong. Excavations are in progress, and M. Renan has interested himself in raising funds in France for that purpose. The sphinx is supposed to have been sculptured before the time of Cheops, who built the first pyramid. The Egyptians called it Harmachu, “the setting sun,” .tiie god to whom it was dedicated. A small temple, long buried in the sand, has been found between, the paws of the sphinx, and it is supposed that still larger buildings are to be found near it. The face of the sphinx measures feet from forehead to chih. It may serve as a comfort to us in all our calamities and afflictions that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.