Sphinx unearthed from 1923 Cecil B. DeMille movie set

[$tevie]

In 1923, legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille built an epic Egyptian dreamscape on California's Central Coast for the silent black-and-white movie "The Ten Commandments."

Twenty-one giant sphinxes lined a path to an 800-foot-wide temple. Legend has it that after the filming was done, the set was too expensive to move and too valuable to leave for rival filmmakers to poach — so DeMille had it pushed into a trench and buried.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1018-...story.html

[eustacetilley]

"The second sphinx was missing much of its face..."

Much like the Original...

Contrary to some popular beliefs, Napoleon did not use the Sphinx for Gunnery Practice. Well, maybe he did, but he missed all the interesting bits; they were already long gone:

http://www.napoleon-series.org/faq/c_sphinx.html

¬Eustace

[M>B>]

http://www.napoleon-series.org/faq/c_sphinx.html

Sorry about the repeat!