"The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni received yesterday a technical and ecological report on the health of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which asserted that the giant statue and the surrounding bedrock are safe, and that the groundwater in the area in front of it has not affected any part of its body. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the scientific studies carried out by the Ecology and Engineering Centre 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 LE2 million project being implemented out by the Archeological Engineering Centre at Cairo University (AEC). Da: "The Egyptian Gazette"
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"The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni received yesterday a technical and ecological report on the health of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which asserted that the giant statue and the surrounding bedrock are safe, and that the groundwater in the area in front of it has not affected any part of its body. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the scientific studies carried out by the Ecology and Engineering Centre 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 LE2 million project being implemented out by the Archeological Engineering Centre at Cairo University (AEC). Da: "The Egyptian Gazette"