Word: lehner
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Gauri's analysis was prompted by the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (EAO). The agencies set out jointly in 1979 to clean and map the monument. The task of producing a detailed architectural chart of the Sphinx was taken on by Mark Lehner, 32, ARCE's field director. At Lehner's invitation, Gauri visited the site...
When Franzheim criticized the EAO for charging ahead and ignoring Gauri, the EAO barred her from the site and refused access to Lehner for a week. Says Kamel El Mallakh, cultural editor of Cairo's al Ahram newspaper: "We are experts, and the Sphinx is Egyptian. It is our glory, our history...