Soli, Cholades, and MersinakiAlfred Westholm

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… after many failures in the work, there was no better place to dig than the Sphinx field at Soli. It was then that Efraim's obstinacy became clear to everyone. In the end, however, he had to give his consent for the excavation to be allowed to begin. This was in June 1930.

that during the intervening time Pavlos, Theopistis' father, found a "very beautiful head" in the vicinity of the place where the sphinx was found should perhaps not be mentioned publicly, for the matter is in fact not known to the police, and Pavlos keeps his treasure hidden in expectation of being able to sell it. That the Swedish consul in Larnaca was too stingy to offer £ 3 for Pavlos' head is a equally well-known and characteristic matter, particularly as the Consul was under the impression that the head belonged to the sphinx purchased by the museum. Many other … continues