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A gigantic deep terra-cotta-colored head that was found recently during an excavation of the buried movie set from the 1923 Cecil B. DeMille epic film “The Ten Commandments,” in Guadalupe, Calif. (Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center via AP)

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Archaeologists working in sand dunes on the central California coast have dug up an intact plaster sphinx that was part of an Egyptian movie set built more than 90 years ago for Cecil B. DeMille's epic "The Ten Commandments."

By Associated Press December 3, 2017