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May 25.1998-Egypt to repair the Sphinx

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May 25, 1998 (April 30) Tiger years, Egypt to repair the Sphinx. Sphinx,

Egypt to repair the Sphinx
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25 evening in the western suburbs of Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presided over a grand ceremony to celebrate the Sphinx (also known as the Sphinx ") During the 10-year restoration project is fully completed. In front of the pyramids in Giza, dressed as a priest of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs and samurai 30 Egyptian men peeled off the huge white tabernacle covering the Sphinx, the Starlight and laser illuminated to just freed from wooden scaffolding Sphinx cast a layer of mystery. According to UNESCO restoration project documentary playing in the field, the Sphinx to accept the history of "the largest, most authoritative cosmetic surgery". Known as the world's ancient pyramids and one of the Seven Wonders of the Sphinx was built to represent the sun god of ancient Egypt in 2610 BC, and, according to legend, is specialized guarding ancient Egypt Khafre pyramid and around the mausoleum 's. Sun, sand and other natural factors, the statue of the chest, neck and left front leg was a strong erosion. The earliest repair work can be traced back to 1400 BC, but the mistakes of the first six engineering technology and materials, so that the treasures of human civilization in danger of collapsing. Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and UNESCO in 1989 jointly dispatched archaeological experts, conservators teacher and sculptor, using the most modern technology, the use of 12,478 antique tiles, cost $ 2.5 million to save the veterans of the "Sphinx Sri Lanka. " The Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, praised the last 10 years of hard labor will continue the "Sphinx" statue standing 5,000 years. (Lssdjt.cn)

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