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Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx
Evan Hadingham, 2010. Smithsonian Magazine, February 2010.
A long report on Lehner's and Hawass's work: Mariette's 1853 Khafre statue, Baraize's 1925 discovery of the Sphinx Temple, the 1980 Aigner-Lehner fossil matching of temple blocks to the ditch, the 1978 abandoned work site, the salt weathering, the restoration history and the groundwater problem.
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Journalism; used for the excavation history and the fossil-matching result.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Hadingham, E. (2010). Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx. Smithsonian Magazine, February 2010. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/uncovering-secrets-of-the-sphinx-5053442/
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Hadingham, Evan. “Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx.” Smithsonian Magazine, February 2010 (2010).