The restyling of the sphinx

Various scaffoldings have been assembled in Giza, by archaeologists and restorers, before the Sphinx, the colossal statue with the human head and the body of a lion, that guards Cheope’s, Chefren’s and Micerino’s pyramids. So the restoration of the Egyptian Sphinx begins, it needs urgent repairs for the damages provoked by the erosion caused by the desert wind. In particular, the interventions are directed on the base of the statue: the chest and neck parts present deep erosions. The Sphinx, encloses in itself an esoteric mystery never revealed, in Egypt it’s symbol of royalty, in the Arabic epoch it was feared as a monster and in 1800 it was even attacked with cannon shots bu the mammalucchi, who destroyed its nose. In spit of all this it has resisted. As an ancient Arab proverb recites “Man fears time, but time fears the pyramids”.