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This lavishly illustrated, bilingual English and Arabic volume tells the story of the Sphinx from ancient times to the present, focusing particularly on the task—first addressed in the second millenium BC—of preserving it. Published to mark the completion of a major modern restoration project, the book is an invaluable and fascinating document, a testimony not only to the skills of the people who built the Sphinx, but to those who have maintained and renewed it down the ages.

The Secrets of the Sphinx: Restoration Past and Present

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Paperback / softback by Zahi Hawass , H.E. Farouk Hosni

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This lavishly illustrated, bilingual English and Arabic volume tells the story of the Sphinx from ancient times to the present,... Read more

    Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
    Publication Date: 15/09/1998
    ISBN13: 9789774244926, 978-9774244926
    ISBN10: 9774244923

    Number of Pages: 64

    Non Fiction , History

    Description

    This lavishly illustrated, bilingual English and Arabic volume tells the story of the Sphinx from ancient times to the present, focusing particularly on the task—first addressed in the second millenium BC—of preserving it. Published to mark the completion of a major modern restoration project, the book is an invaluable and fascinating document, a testimony not only to the skills of the people who built the Sphinx, but to those who have maintained and renewed it down the ages.

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