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Antiquities Authority starts pumping out drainage water from under the Sphinx
The Ministry of State for Antiquities started a project to reduce the water table accumulated under the Sphinx at Giza plateau
Nevine El Aref Published in Ahram Online on 26 - 05 - 2012

This week, Giza Inspectorate operated 18 water pump machines to pump out subterranean water that hasaccumulated under the Sphinx.
The machines are distributed over the Giza plateau according to a map showing the areas where the subterranean waterhas accumulated.
Mohamed Ibrahim Minister of State for Antiquities said that the machines will pump out 1100 cubic metres of water every hour, based on studies carried out previously by reputedEgyptian and American experts in subterranean water and ground mechanic and equilibrium factors.
He explains that the reasons behind the increasesubterranean water-rates is because of the new drainage system installed in the neighbouring area of Nazlet Al-Seman.
Mohamed El-Sheikha, head of Projects Section at the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) said that the project is carried out in collaboration withUSAID (US Agency for International Development), which also supported similar projects at Karnak and Luxor temples in Luxor eight years ago.
Pumping work will start in the area of King Khafre's Valley Temple and the area surrounding the southern hill.
El-Sheikha explains that according to ecological and geophysical studies, the Sphinx and its bedrock are safe.
He told Ahram Online that the level of water under the ground level is 4.6 metres, similar to the level in ancient time. Such a level, El-Sheikha pointed out, is natural since one of the Nile branches had once reached the plateau when a harbour was dug to shelter boats transporting required blocks from quarries in Aswan and Tura in Helwan for the construction of the pyramids.

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