5A Sphinx
This year, archaeologists discovered a sphinx off the coast of the Bahamas, which is believed that the amazing relic has been lying there for up to 2.500 years.
Also, it is believed that the Sphinx has come from a region in Egypt called Wadi Rahanu, known for its limestone quarrying industry since 3500 B.C.
James Neilson, one of the archaeologists, declared: ‘The statue seems to have been transported on a ship.Most likely, it was on the one we are actually studying, that is scattered near the statue.
Unfortunately, the wreck is very badly damaged and decayed, and we have been only been able to determine that it was probably between 20 and 30 metres long and made of cedar.
We can’t really confirm however, that it is Egyptian. We will now proceed over the next months, to execute a great variety of different tests to see if we can collect more information concerning either the statue or the ship, to try and confirm its origin.’
