Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-05-11
Pro-. G. A. Reisner. Of Harvard,
Believes lie Has Answered The
Problem That Has Baff!ed
WorId.
from lhe Phllad slplla Ledger

Ws8A GN ANAfNAAHNAEA kG&bNss tNkNEEaAAA ~
mis- country Il few months since he
Nnn0nnred he had found the remains
u. The palace OF Jezenel and Ahah,
spBe story Was SO freely used 20 point
mora Ia cur Sunday school days.
This was q great deal, but there was
more % follow "A press dispatch from
Boston announced, this very week,
that Professor Eelsuer had also solved
The riddle az the sphinx
Everyone knows the Sphinx and
everybody has heard IL had n riddle.
70 the public the fact that the Gre
Atpre has AZ last d nafne and pedigree
tonnes as surprise. no the archeol-
00iei on tho other hand, II Is piece
VI good .news bur nothing startling
There WAS. says Albert nj, Lsthgoe.
curator ~ the Egyptian section of the
metropolitan museum OF New YORK,
kooa reason for thinking that things
would turn out just as they have. The
1pnneetion between the Second Pyra-
MD az Gizeh and the Sphinx was close
and IL would not have been unusual
" b Yc the great Image the hsad Of
Ahe k'ng WHO built II.
Professor Reisner has, however
sitarea up several points. Authorities
have differed as 10 the date Of the
carving " the image. some put i
earlier than the fourth dynasty IN
which the Second Pyramid was erect
epnil1xee appear more commonly IN
Mssf times Professor Reisner has I'M
kArthed the statue 1T the builder Of the
&hlra PyrMmid--also OF tho fourth dy
aAaty-end his head dress Is exactly
liNN that IL che sphinx This fashion
1t head covering does not appear else
where, 80 the two works ef art evs-
Hence, tho Sphinx II none other than
Sephreu. son of that Chcops who built
allnAeh Che first and greatest pyramid
% the three huge tombs.
The Sphinx uf the desert takes tho
alacoeeFy of his secret with comp0sure,
quite unlike has Greek predecessor who
haa the original riddle. IL WA her Gus
tom IL AK pasaersby what animal
Msnt On four feet and ON two ard On
nFNes nnd her purpose WAS NOS TO
while away time by pleasant guessing
nAaa 80 devOur these who failed ~ give
flle answer
Edlpua had the Inspiration OF guess
lnN that the animal waS man. who
EseS first a-creepiug. then walks erect,
Rtaa fnaily t0tters with a stick. The
Nreek Sphinx threw herself from q
gfa&AnntNIn top when sae found her one
mo only riddle guessed and persisted
Mssenabays while the Egyptian paws no
Attention AZ MI 10 the Ingenuity Of the
harvard professor, but gaxes piacidly
knkmte. Yea MAG guess who | am. bat
YeN can't guess what know v hfch
makes him more irritating than ever.
Tire Sphinx II Egypt said Profess
Nnr Relaner. q nothing but the body
rs lien with the head ~ q reigning
King "a this gIise the king Il repre-
MNNANd ms a guardian traRnplinE down
hia enemies and wArdlng them or his
territory The motive occurs often.
The Great sphinx Is the guardian
1K the sacred precincts or the Second
Pyramid. placed beside the causeway
leaasnM tu tie pyramid. The body Is
fne body pf 4 licn The head u the
head uf Cenhren, the king who built
tie Second Pyramid ard carved the
Sphinx u&aa 0f knob 0f natural rock.
cephren fha Sphinx fulnlied his OBJ
feet well. ENen to the Arabs ne IN
known n@ THE Father al Terror No
ene hns ever doubted that he was on
watch. nor even these who knew moth
kn9 AZ the fact that the sphinx Is al
Nnxs III the Egyptian mythology. q
kalAraimn Aker. tho waSchnan az the
underworld and guardian OF Ra. tho
Mun god III frequently pictured as a
sphinx and Ha himself IS sphinx
NuEnHktneS when he goes forth 70 bat
kla with his enemies Because Ra is
NsscelnSe0 with the idea Il was natural
thar the image of Cennren should face
khe rising sun.
Xhat TIE Sphinx should guard tne
NNratmaa WAS also natural Such images
frequently protected t0fnhs The IN
serautAnn ON Une such sphinx reads. n
protect tha chapel of TIM tomb, guard
khNx eepuichras chamber. ward on
NV AntraldinR stranger. ! cast down thy
fcxN 80 the ground and their arms with
tbHHn drive away the wicked from
&ha chapel o. tbs tomb. ! destroy thine
MzlTerk&ries III their lNrking place
hlpcktng a that tlaey may no Hnore
come forth
iris calm assurance or power and
ultimate victory k1aN seemed to create
! soul Tor the great sphinx Nearly
&00N years te haN stood lin 9he shifting
aN6ert sands. md Il always has had !
way - troubling peoples n0nHcionce
Between the paws there is a little
shrine. set there b. Il Pharaoh who
raleA shout GOO sears after Cephreu
MMd wko has dreamed after seeing Il
That tlse crest sol IA reproaehea him
Can ATS nes8act nc khe image He sol
Nn tie Shrine and dug aw@Y the Sand
hut the wffza spUn buried re statue
AKMAn Eax over tbs paws Several times
HurtnN che last century i NAs dug oul
again hm4 always the sand comes
NAck Now 4 Is half buried Again
Mr. Xytasgpr explains that tie Egyp-
AsAns Dull los covered canseways
al kMN pYxAYnfds wRaeru tae people went
q worship kAse kin8 TIE sAunewAy Ia
khH Second Pyramid ~ more c0usnicu.
saAM kisan thn&a beading TIA tia others.
md IT. entrance i guarded ~ the
UFeat sphinx
Ii was - kaS course of MS excava-
kg0t& axUana tAe Yhlrd Pyramid that
tie Sfxone susnlrIDn that the sphsnx
AaNN& safS& fs@m4sxrfa Tire s4@4ssn ~ srks