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The ‘Czech Sphinx’ becomes Sainsbury’s fourth largest shareholder 

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Czech Sphinx fills basket with Sainsburys: Billionaire investor Daniel Kretinsky becomes fourth largest shareholder By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 17 September 2020 A billionaire investor known as the ‘Czech Sphinx’ has become the fourth-largest shareholder in Sainsbury’s. Daniel Kretinsky, who is already the … Read more

Ancient sphinx sculpture with head of a ram discovered at 3,000-year-old abandoned workshop in Egypt

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Archaeologists have discovered the 3,000-year-old remains of an Egyptian carving workshop containing several unfinished sculptures, including a ram-headed sphinx chiseled from sandstone. The ancient workshop is thought to date back to the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep III – King Tut’s grandfather. The Swedish-Egyptian team behind the discovery also found hundreds of hieroglyphic … Read more