European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Middle journey to Giza even the Sphinx might protest bringing town to the pyramids modern times Are hazardous to the great Sphinx. Chunks of broken pillars lie near the Dah Shur pyramids awaiting eventual reconstruction above. A Vendor Sells fruits and animals at a marketplace in route to the pyramids right. Is photos by Ken George from wire reports the great Limestone figure of the Sphinx its nose on display in the British museum and its Shanks eroded by wind and Sand has suffered Many indignities Over the lost 4,000 years. But the latest May be the worst. A mile South of the ancient Monument construction workers have been hastily trying to Complete an eight Lane Highway that would Send traffic barrelling across the itza plateau on which the Sphinx and the three great pyramids stand. And the Highway which was approved in 1984 but kept secret because it violates the 1972 world cultural and natural heritage convention is Only one of several illegal encroachments on the site. This construction is illegal and in Clear violation of the convention said said Zulfiqar director of operational activities in the cultural heritage division of Enesco. There will be Urban expansion around this Road in very Little time that will destroy the Pristine atmosphere Zulfiqar said. The pyramids were meant to be mausoleums for the dead but they will soon become part of an Urban landscape if nothing is done to prevent this. The problem is you turn a Pristine desert archaeological site into an Urban site like the acropolis in Athens which is surrounded by buildings he said. There will be hotels restaurants Gas stations it will lose its  encroachments include High Rise buildings housing projects two garbage dumps military Barracks and a military factory belching filthy Black smoke he said in a Telephone interview from Enesco Headquarters in Paris. The construction around the protected site which a been going on for months but was discovered by Zulfi Capr Only in november also violates an egyptian Law passed in 1983 to win approval for the world heritage status for the itza plateau. J the protected site includes a wide strip of land Between the three great pyramids in the North and the h or n a to to egyptian labourers takes break from working on the prese Iest 12 stripes Magazine january 5, 1995