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The Passage under the Sphinx

Zahi Hawass, Mark Lehner, 1994. Hommages à Jean Leclant, vol. 1 (Bibliothèque d'Étude 106/1), IFAO, Cairo: 201-216.

Reports the re-examination in 1980 of the passage Baraize had opened in the Sphinx's rump, a shallow cut with no chamber.

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Source for the one sub-Sphinx cavity actually explored.

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Hawass, Z., & Lehner, M. (1994). The Passage under the Sphinx. Hommages à Jean Leclant, vol. 1 (Bibliothèque d'Étude 106/1), IFAO, Cairo: 201-216. https://giza.fas.harvard.edu/pubdocs/651/full/
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