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Essentially, this stuff is colloidal silica possessing immense absorbent qualities. It looks like coarse sand, but has pores so fine no microscope can detect them. In refining petroleum, it removes the sulphur-bearing constituents and gum-forming compounds. But, most remarkable, silica gel makes ice with the help of heat...
...present the Egyptian engineers are clearing away the sand at the base of the figure, and building a high protecting wall at a little distance, to serve as a sand break...
...removal of the sand will give the Sphinx a much grander appearance...
...crumbling of the eternal Sphinx is a catastrophe of would-wide concern. Should the attempt of the Egyptian government to repair the monster prove unavailing, the superiority complex of man must suffer. He will be forced to adroit that an alliance of vagrant winds and inanimate sand has defeated...
...rejuvenate the impressive stone figure with metal monkey glands from the Occident is little short of sacrilege From the romantic point of view, to let the blown sand destroy that impassive face, which has looked over the desert for centuries is better than to imprison of within a wall. The Sphinx should meet its fate unblindfolded...