Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-18

WHO ORDERED THE :
SPHINX? :
Near the great Pyramids Of Eevnt
stands the Sphinx. which ia ONLY sec
ono IN interest to these great piles of
stone. and many travellers find IT even
more so. for 1t is Just as wonderful, in
lts conception and construction and
.here Is just as much mystery attached
10 IT'S building. The Sphinx ia hawn
OUT or the natural rock. and where THE
nna.erIai a tailed it has beer nodded
tn" sIie shape Of a recumbent lion with
'he head OF a man. But by whoma
The a c OF the Sphinx was denior-
aply mutilated at a comparatively re-
cen period by a fanatic. tconocias1io
snelkn M afterward by the %barbarous
Malnelukes. who used it as a target
~ vas pointed out by Lepsius in ls43
.Iat tne SPHINX must have been found
ed earlier han the 18th a nn,-
Mitnstand1ng the inscription on one of
.ne Iaplets-the one next the breast ne
the SPHINX. which bears date of the
nasty. " ''ui os-
Egyptian curiosity seems to have hssn
q representation Of Khafra or Chen
Iren. whose cartouche occurs AZ Tho
left OF the last but one of the conser,,o
i've lines of the inscription. Az the
npm.nA lies nearly in a line with the
not u%nnaturally thought that he vas
.ne Of both monuments. This
conjecture seems to be confirmed nv
1ne discovery OF the statue az che.
pnren IN the rock temple adjoining IN.
Sphinx. e"e
But the monument has even nsen
supposed to be entitled to CLAW s,ii1
nlgner antiquity, for NJ. Mariette. while
sAaIllnlng a ruined building ut tn.
lool vi the southernmost of the three
pyramids. which rises to the east OF
ne e'reat pyramid. found a stone built
which see Man o. bearing an inscription
a arr 9 existed in the time of Khufu.
.ne builder of the first pyramid. TN.
inscription on the right side of m.
s.one runs literally thus: The living
Egvnt 'ne King Of Upper n Lower
found the Temple Of Isis. the %natrnnsss
o. the pyramid in the place Of the
Temple OF the Sphinx"
me Sspninx is 18 feet long by Is
leel IN height. The body was LETT in
T. anuen form. but the head was orig
would seem from Abdellatifs acconnt
t ~ II was In perfect preservation in
MS lime Q162-1231). He saws. ..Tbis
acc is very pleasing. and is OF a grace
.uI and beautiful type: n might all
n iI say tnat It smiles winningiy." An
was mutflated in his time. and, az If
> now entirely destroyed. the face
somewhat represents the African TYNE
tnough the mouth still has a sn,ii;pc
appearance.
ane face looks out due eastward
/ ATOI1 Inc RHH0 mid R~N1E 49,
valley. and according TO the in.crin.
ION OF the 18th dynasty In the shrine
oetWeen the aws Il Represented the
sun god Harmachis. The Arabs he.
svneu nat the figure, possessed the
enarnnos..saI owe Of preventing the
e~ncroacnment Of the sand.
me complete excavation ne ~.
Sirn -, was nrst undertaken by ca
,sHa IN 1917 under the ausnices ~ an
Engiish society. He discovered the
.Msnt OF steps which ascended to tina
hot ,,aan monument n also found
rrs1Mesn the paws of the lion a care
.u.iy iaid pavement, at the end or
wien. next to the breast OF the snhir~
rose q kind OF open temple. dividod ~,
~ partitions. through which ran a
passaSe containing a small figure OF a
the middle. opnaH4. IN
!notnmes III restored the Sphinx. it
saiu Dy some writers. and saa,r.
sspe.laiiy 70 have revered- 1t. an Ia In
uicated py several small monun,ents
which bear the figure Of the snhins
coupled with his name or his portrait
IN the Inscription already referred ~
the spninx e said to speak to Tho.
address sa.h : az bim = f e her to his son." and to
rather. Harmachis." =" 'Hs
nolsh more OF less buried in sand
81 Nh. VARIOUS pertods. the Sphinx was
nlgnly admired and revered down -
% 1a.e q period a. that OF the Romsn,
upon = no = numerous INSCRIPTIONS;
testify. The Sphinx a ment;on.i;
nsI.ner by H~erodotus nor any ister
0reek raveler and when IL IN. K,sIt
proDaoly VIII never be known.
Ne csnMdsess n Hsrse,f.