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That post would have made more sense if I had included the relevant reference from Schoch right? ~lol~ [14] goes to
"14] Gauri and his colleagues (see, for instance, Punuru et al, 1990, 230) consistently refer to these in such terms as "Pharaonic veneer stones" that have experienced "5,000 years of exposure to local conditions," that is, they were applied during Old Kingdom times. Recently Egyptian Egyptologist Zahi Hawass (Abstracts for The First International Symposium on the Great Sphinx-Towards Global Treatment of the Sphinx, Cairo 29 February-3 March 1992 [Egyptian Antiquities Organization, Cairo, 1992], 14) stated: "It seems that the Sphinx underwent restoration during the Old Kingdom because the analysis of samples found on the right rear leg proved to be of Old Kingdom date." [back]"
So Hawass says that the Sphinx underwent restoration during the OK because the analysis of samples found on the right rear leg proved to be of Old Kingdom date.
Where on his website is this? Can you help me?
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