When was the sphinx defaced

It is one of the largest and oldest statues in the world. Did napoleon defaced the sphinx? Asked by: Charles Luettgen.

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Experts on Egyptian statues acknowledge the noses were broken off for political and religious reasons, but they do not mention race playing a part. The research does not support that noses were broken off because they resembled "black faces. Thank you for supporting our journalism.

You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Facebook Twitter Email. Fact check: Egyptian statues' noses not broken off because they resembled 'black faces'. Show Caption. Hide Caption. High explosive shells were not invented in those days. Temporary Crusaders. That, however, is only a legend for the tourist. Long before the discovery of gunpowder, the Arabs had laid iconoclastic hands on the beard of this god of the desert One of the most recent examples of the persistence of this falsehood was Louis Farrakhan's "Million Man March" speech where he said: "White supremacy caused Napoleon to blow the nose off the Sphinx because it reminded you [sic] too much of the Black man's majesty.

Man has been responsible for additional mutilation. In A. Then the figure was used as a target for the guns of the Mamluks.