Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain . urious one. TheEgyptian sculptors always represent the Sphinx of Ghizeh as placedon a cubic pedestal, ornamented with grooves and designs analogousto those observed on the different sarcophagi of the old Empire. Werethey following an artistic caprice, or were they simply reproducing whatthey saw ? In other words, is the Sphinx able to rest on a bed of rock, orhas a gigantic pedestal been cut for it in the mountain from the top of whichit looked down on the plain ? On the latter hypothesis there w
Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain . urious one. TheEgyptian sculptors always represent the Sphinx of Ghizeh as placedon a cubic pedestal, ornamented with grooves and designs analogousto those observed on the different sarcophagi of the old Empire. Werethey following an artistic caprice, or were they simply reproducing whatthey saw ? In other words, is the Sphinx able to rest on a bed of rock, orhas a gigantic pedestal been cut for it in the mountain from the top of whichit looked down on the plain ? On the latter hypothesis there would be achance of finding on the east side, the door of a temple or tomb. It mightprove to be the tonib of Menes. The pedestal may have disappeared inRoman times, and the Ptolemies may have constructed their monumentalstair over the sand which covered it. As soon as I have found the firststeps, it will be easy for me to see if the platform in front of the Sphinxis cut perpendicularly or if the rock advances in a gradual slope. Thiswill be ascertained by a few plumbings judiciously made.— LIST OF THE VICE-PATRONS, MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES, &c. VICE-PATRONS. ROBERT BAXTER, ESQ. I. BRAITHWAITE, ESQ. G. HARRIES, ESQ. B. HAWKINS, ESQ. , A. McARTHUR, ESQ., SIR H. W. PEEK, BART., , %* The Qualification of a Vice-Patron is a Contribution of notless than Sixty Guineas to the Funds of the Institute. 2 a2 COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR 1886-87. G. G. STOKES, , , President of the Royal Society. FicEs^ H. BARKLT, , , J. RISDON BENNETT, , JOSEPH FAYRBR, , , FORSYTH, ESQ., , HENRY GOSSE, ESQ., McARTHUR, ESQ., ROBINSON THORNTON, J^Ottorarg CHANCELLOR SIR J. W. DAWSON, , , (Montreal).PROF. L. PASTEUR, (Paris). I PROFESSOR MASPERO (Cairo).PROFESSOR E. NAVILLE (Geneva). \ HORMUZD R
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