Huge sphinx begins journey to new spot in Philly museum
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — How do you move a priceless, 25,000-pound (11,340-kilogram) sphinx? Very carefully.
The largest sphinx in the Western Hemisphere is on the move for the first time in nearly 100 years.
The Penn Museum in Philadelphia is relocating its 3,000-year-old sphinx of Pharaoh Ramses II from the Egypt Gallery where it’s resided since 1926. The sphinx’s slow, painstaking journey began Wednesday morning. It’s moving about 250 feet (76 meters) to a featured location
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