Show to restore the sphinx A project Is on toot foot in alexandria for resto ing the sphinx near the great pyramid of ghiseh to its original con thick layers of oil boll comple tel cover the head of the monument ahil the lower parts are greatly obscured by accumulations of sand it is proposed to clear all these accumulations away and to clean the head completely ahen the work has been completed the sphinx aull NN ill once more appear it if not in its first freshness at least in the grandeur of its original proportions |