The Great Sphinx of Giza

Handwritten captions accompanying these images read: 'Sphinx. Note face disfigured by NOPOLEAN [sic] BATTLE PYRAMIDS 21 July 1798' and 'Note Sphinx head just above sand doom [sic] taken near the base of Pyramid 1916'.

 

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Object number: 00007425_3

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