"Remains of 1923 DeMille sphinx recovered from dunes" Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Nov 2014 9:58 p.m. PST |
"The remains of a large plaster sphinx made for Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 silent epic The Ten Commandments have been recovered from the sands of Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes near Pismo Beach, California. It is one of 21 hollow plaster sphinxes, each 12 feet tall and weighing five tons, used to line the boulevard leading to the main gates of "The City of the Pharaoh," an imposing visual borrowed from the Boulevard of Sphinxes at Luxor Temple. An excavation in 2012 recovered the head of one of the boulevard sphinxes, but the team didn't have the time to recover the body at that time. They buried the body in sand hoping to protect it until they returned, but the elements were unmerciful and when they returned this year the body was in pieces. They found another body nearby, however, that was in much better condition, but keeping it that way once it was exposed to the air was a challenge…"
Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Mr Canuck | 07 Nov 2014 9:32 p.m. PST |
Cool Tango! Great find! |
Tango01 | 07 Nov 2014 11:25 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend! (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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