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Tam a2 immense figure, ex- } | coeding 170 foet in length and 100 feet in | wickalty of the prose) epemanann ‘Gieh ’ ty of tho group of p at ‘| Egypt. The body and paws are those [ja lion, the face and breast those of a -|woman. The face impre es by its calm -| dignity, and the whole figure by its }}sovereign power. The monument is con-, | sidered one of the most ancient in t. |} The shifting sands of the _ | desert are constantly covering it, and it }} found nece ary to clear them away at intervals, -| [s. 285]