First Published: 2014-11-10 Egypt to open Sphinx courtyard to tourists again Sphinx courtyard will be opened for first time since restoration of colossal monument for nearly four years. CAIRO - Egypt will soon open to tourists the courtyard in front of the Sphinx, the colossal monument which has been under restoration for nearly four years, officials said on Sunday. Carved from a single ridge of stone, the Sphinx is one of the most visited monuments in the world, and has been regularly restored following from air pollution and underground water damage. The limestone half-man half-lion sits in a quarry below the level of the plateau where the pyramids of Giza stand on the outskirts of Cairo. The Sphinx courtyard will be opened f middle-east-online/english/?id=68859
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:37:05 +0000
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