The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
ID SOLVE WORLD'S MYSTERY American Money May Read
 Puzzle of Sphinx HAS GROWN OLD WITH TIME Great Monument Which Was Mystery 4ooo Years Ago Is to Be Laid
 Bare and Explored by
 American.
From the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
 Dow Corrington an American has un- dertaken to read the riddle of the Sphinx, and American money may, within the next year. solve the riddle of 1000 years
 Corrington. whose explorations of the great pyramid of Cheops threw light up- on the most ancient people of the world, has undertaken to raise money to dig the tons of sand from around the Sphinx Glzeh, the greatest monument of the world, to explore the inner cavities of the monument, and see whether or not the mystery that has puzzled the world for ages can be solved.
 Three times within the last century efforts have been made to exeavate the sand and uncover the ancient monument. put each has been abandoned before com pletion, and the Sphinx never has been completely uncovered. Now Corrington. with $25,000 of American money subscribed Tor the purpose, plans to dig away all the sand, to uncover the great Memphian highway that ran before the ancient tomb; to restore the great flight of steps that led from the highway up to the sphinx; and finally, to delve into the hid den chambers that are known to exist and there seek history-the history of an unknown world that was forgotten at least 1000 years ago.
 Mystery Has Puzzled for Aues.
 The riddle of the Sphinx may yet be unraveled, and the riddle is deeper and more unknDWnah1a ba was propounded to Edipus by the Sphinx of Thebes '-''H
 All that Is known about the Sphinx Is that it has the head of a man the body of lion, that it is sixty-fve feet long, carved with infinite skill, probably rom the face of a sheer bluff How old It ls' why 1t was built, who built it. what 1t is, no one knows, and there is proot that 1t was as great a mystery 4OOO years ago as 1t is today.
 At a recent meeting of the Egyptian institute at Carlo Burlington announced ms intention and secured sanction for his plans. He will excavate at least 100000 Will begin his labors in the fall.
 Possibly the Sphinx was built as the
 Possibly the Sphinx was built as the tomb of Khufu, or of Khafra, or as an image to Menes or Horus, the god kings. NO one knows. A few clues to the secret nave been found. One of these is a pas- sageway dug into the lion back of the man-headed Sphinx, which appears to be passageway to an underground tomb. where even now the mummy of the great est oi old Egypts rulers may rest in green basalt.
 Secret Unknown 5000 Years Aqo.
 The last important discovery was made snort time ago, when Psychologists un. covered stele in front the great figure hn
 man altar between the paws. This gave some clue as to the age of the Sphinx as the stele showed that in 1928 B. c. as httle was known about it and its origin as is now known
 The stele was erected by Pharaoh Tahutmes ", son of Amenhotep II. and grandson or the great Queen Hatshepsut. Upon the stele Tahutmes wrote q short story, or a legend of one of his own ad- ventures, which has been translated as follows ~
 lie once went afield. pleasing his coun- tenance, on the desert of the Memnhita nome, upon it's borders north and south Tor shooting at a target with copper (ar- ro"s1. And he hunted the lions and the gazelles Of the desert, riding in his chariot, his horses swifter than the wind with two of his followers, and no man knew of them
 Once came an hour of giving rest eO ms followers Then the Sphinx Of Khepra, great and exalted, rested in this place, great of the spirits. most high y reVered, for to him was given the tenn pies or Memphis and of every town on both sides. Their hands adored his pres ence with great offerings for his Ka.
 Heard the Voice of the Sphinx.
 "One of these times it came to pass a. Journey was made by the kings son r{,.rr IL 1, noon. A rest he made in the shadow of this god. sleep fell upon him, dreaming In slumber in the moment when the sun was overhead. Found he the majesty Of this noble god talking to him by his mouth, speaking like the talk of a father to his son. saying:
 Look thout at mel my son, Tahut- mes! am thy father, Hor-em-akht, khepra, Rad, and Yum, giving to thee the Kingdom. On thee shall be placed it's white crown and it's red crown, on the throne Of Seb the heir. There is given to thee the land in it's length and its breadth, which is lightened by the bright eye of the universal lord Provision is before thee in the two lands. and the great gifts of all foreign lands, and the duration of a great space of years My race IS toward thee, and my heart Is to- ward thee The sand of the desert on which l am reach to me, spelling me; perform thou that which Is in my heart, for l know that thou art my son, who | reverences me; draw near. and behold l | am with thee.'
 | Beyond this only a few fragments of the stele were found. The name of Khafra, who succeeded Khufu-who was the great Cheops-has been found on the Sphinx, but there is nothing to show why he came to call there
 | The tomb in the back of the Sphinx never has been thoroughly explored, and | it is in this direction that Corringtor will make his main investigation He expects confidently that somewhere on or | in the huge monument he will find scratched upon the ancient stones the key