Sphinx Subteranean Water Level Report
Summary: The Sphinx is OK.
“Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said that the scientific studies carried out by the Ecology and Engineering Center revealed that the groundwater in front of the sphinx is potable water, found at a depth of 4,8 metres below ground - a level which has not changed since ancient times. He asserted that within two months, the water in front of the Sphinx will be pumped out within the framework of a 2 million LE project being carried out by the Archeological Engineering Centre at Cairo University (AEC).
Dr. Hafez Abdel Azim, head of the AEC, explained that the movement and level of the subterranean water under the Valley Temple of Khafre are stable, and that seven experimental wells have been dug in front of the Sphinx to study the rate of movement of the groundwater. He also said that 260 cubic meters of water are pumped out every hour through drainage tubes, and that the water in front of the sphinx has been reduced to 70 percent of its original volume. 33 monitoring points, established to inspect the movement of the body of the Sphinx and the surrounding bedrock over the last month, have proved that they are steady.”
Full story has a couple of great photos.
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