A team of archaeologists are uncovering the remains of an Ancient Egyptian city — in the sands of a California beach that was built as part of the set for the movie “The Ten Commandments,”according to the Express. The set from the 1923 film was built by 1,600 craftsmen and includes 21 Sphinxes, four Ramses II statues and huge city gates. The film’s director, Cecile Demille, left the set when filming was over and even joked about people finding it later saying, “If one thousand years from now archaeologists happen to dig beneath the sands of Guadalupe, I hope they will not rush into print with the amazing news that Egyptian civilization extended all the way to the Pacific coast of North America." The dig is delicate since the set was made from more fragile plaster and wood; work has been ongoing since 2012.

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