The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
IT Is NO LONGER A RIDDLE


- IEsE are the days Of tho solution Of
II all this mysteries which have been
puxxling mankind for ages. and h 10.
therefore. not wonderful that thu rid
die of the sphinx has nj last been aeplsed.
The belief that no solution 10 Tia weiru
fnscrutable. ruck-hewn occupant ef q CEN
trial and once most conspGeuous spot on the
sands OF the Nile would be found hss bcwa
held by all kinds Of people uatst quite
rccently. The great sage. Emefscn. re-
marksa that 'ihe Sphinx mnsa s,ive Us
own riddle" and everyone else has
thought Thai Il wosla have 70 90 -, Hut
tho keenness o. research nt the present
time is no insincihie that 1T lset the IN
scruiaile eye az the great ngurehead has
been pierced by the searching ease OF the
archaeoiowist and Espyra greatest source
of inspiration and attraction Tor thr rfEbt-
seer has been unveiled.
There n stili a difference Of opinion A.
TO the exact age OF the sphinx. but the
difference between this two iesdinx su-
tbnrtties only amounts To 60 yasFr. ans
that In q srnaiI matter as, aesur.sns 10
this Tnoss remote estimate. sthe statue BIAS
stood there Tor tsa ysAfs.
various estimates have been rataed sen.
corning the purpose OF the Sphinx, and
what the ssstae WAS supposed IL rsprs~
sent Learned men have puEsles tnsfr wits
10 divine tbs mystsFsvsas Insa1inx ps thar
urspeakabie faer.
Here IL fsaeons references 10 It. for In
stance. Science regarded ~ sxneranes
as monster"
Hsrfist Martineau. th1 great thiskMs
~i.eok lnss THESE eyes, so fad 81 Ds~Aaias-
tboaxh - nxsa.' # &fai $3.50 aisss
Carlyiss '9AInsa. ilsa sshiax lle era-
Dean Stanley az it was khs xsant rep
Dean STANLEY M Is WAS the RANT swp-
resentstise Of roy atty. Then u atty guards
the greatest OF royal ssp.sichsss
I.r4. IL
pnmks asy atasr exsant. and II sgpgseess
10 have Deen q xessse ef3rinx nsaki~ IN Us
tefss@se Of Ki4sfrss pyramid. Was isfssaiily
made within the hrss ffw years % rhs
e.mDletlon ~ its great ORIGINAL " vrss
formed part uf sass Or snfrepssress ans
perfs1siy as paxsihie Ter sse fsFeap6asasa
of the great king Mesa The spfaHr
itself IA nevs fec5ared 10 be n riefufe ~
MsnA. who wan Exypt's arsi king and tss
statue Is facing Memphis, ne a~n cry.
me custom u burylnz some r~ssso siAase
~ the ssesd sith ,ssn1 was hs'tsi ~ sis@t
time. when Inc kinxx wxre sorsiAiEse<
sflsp death, and Mssa was washlped
fos eeasassss after Ass eeAiA ~ Gnsfsd.
Ths Arab xae f,snd The iwersous relic
,slf n4en thai the fxl9t&siaa On ~ face
was very sw~ss. issetis sHnils playing
90 its lips and that thr lock in gss eyes
vas that ~ favestts hoaud xAxanx sats
It's masters face aud uyinx e. sxprvss
The fes.snx that Il copid NOT utter.
Tss shois mgth " he se0ietafca, yeax
sxpsessiux IN AtmtrasS zAUugbt pr primes
PIE Wosiid. h0@svsF. peeru TO pf diSt*alsd
IL thfs really - a tfre model ~ th@
sphYnx. vhIeh secnss 20 b~ pfpfsias.
Tkottm~s ~ WHO ordered fAs carved
granite 1ssie made whieh wsx rsn~ntly
aisc1vcrea. lived Ssazs years go lie had
recorded on the stf.s TIA fac " hls nay-
ing eeen ordered IN a 6rss "a - tts god
khepTs 10 clear ths saH1s away from fas
statue which had GossafyI X. ~ - prob
sbie that Ehepfa s~fsofsEeA ~ a izfss
dynasty Of EgypEian Kings. which had sp-
pfopgiated iae shrine. - such p1inntatAo
we're accustomed ~ doing