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Soli. Holades.
Sometime at the beginning of July 1928 the stubborn Efremis from Galini found the body of a seated sphinx lying fairly close to the surface in Efremis' field in the topotesia of Holades in Soli. Efremis at first tried to conceal his find, but was discovered after a few days. and He had little hope of not being reported by the police, since the muktar Stefanos in Galini, his relative, hit upon the idea of reporting the find of the sphinx to the Swedes, who at this time were digging tombs at Vouni. So it happened, the police came a few minutes too late and Efremis was able without trouble to sell the sphinx to the museum for Sh. £ 4. x. After this it seemed however as if the whole matter would fall into oblivion until the Vounites … continues
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