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Sphinx From 90-Year-Old Movie Set Unearthed in California
San Fracisco Chronicle ^ | Saturday, December 2, 2017

Posted on 12/02/2017 2:10:44 PM PST by nickcarraway

Archaeologists working in sand dunes on the central California coast have dug up an intact plaster sphinx that was part of an Egyptian movie set built more than 90 years ago for Cecil B. DeMille's epic "The Ten Commandments."

The 300-pound sphinx is the second recovered from the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: archaeology; california; cecilbdemille; cinema; demille; dougjenzen; film; godsgravesglyphs; guadalupe; history; hollywood; sphinx; thetencommandments
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To: Ken H

The slient version actually managed to kill some extras when the water was released, if memory serves. Those were the good old days. :^) A requirement of the land management (federal or state, I duuno) of the time was that the sets be build below grade, and buired after completion of the picture.


41 posted on 12/03/2017 9:30:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: nickcarraway; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; pax_et_bonum; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks nickcarraway.

42 posted on 12/03/2017 12:45:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: nickcarraway

So, what was the riddle of the sphinx?


43 posted on 12/03/2017 12:52:48 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Defiant

I was thinking the same thing..


44 posted on 12/03/2017 12:55:38 PM PST by Trillian
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To: sportutegrl

lol!


45 posted on 12/04/2017 4:09:38 AM PST by SteveH
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