![]() ![]() Ibrahim said the phony Sphinx violated UNESCO's 1972 Convention and is "a violation of Egypt's rights to its cultural heritage and a bad imitation that disfigures the original", according to a report in Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly on Friday. Mohammed Ibrahim, Egypt's minister of antiquities, said the country has filed objections to the Chinese version with UNESCO. However, Egypt is not flattered by the imitation. The copy, in a theme park near the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang, has attracted many visitors since April when construction was finished. The Sphinx copy, about 80 meters long and 30 meters tall, looks much like the original, 4,500-year-old limestone Sphinx southwest of Cairo. The company that built the replica as p art of a movie set responded that it would tear down the statue after that movie is finished. The Egyptian government is protesting Hebei province's replica Great Sphinx of Giza, saying the structure undermines the country's cultural heritage. The replica is made of concrete reinforced with steel. The Egyptian government says the duplicate undermines their country's Great Sphinx of Giza (right). ![]() A same-size replica of an icon of ancient Egyptian culture was built in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province. ![]()
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