2006-10-31 14:45:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
ha ha..
you got some very funny answers there..
whatever!
I'll just mention that it was a bomb by Napoleon's army that shoved off part of the world's greatest civilisations that mankind ever created, also earliest. It's no joke
for the "funny" fellas who answered, keep the crap to urselves.. you have no idea how great of a culture this Sphinx resembles.
2006-10-31 20:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by MalaK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The nostril on the sphinx became an emblem of capability! Black capability! finding in the process Egypt a great style of the statues have the nostril eliminate! the great extensive nostril can in basic terms signify one team of persons on the planet. BLACK human beings!
2016-10-03 03:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon's soldiers at the days of french conquest of Egypt 1798- 1801 was probably the reason.
2006-10-31 17:19:43 · answer #3 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was actually just at the sphinx 1 week ago our tour guide said that though many beleive it was napoleon it was actually the arabs who according to the strongest part of your face is the nose so by removing it they were taking dignity away from the country, but I have read numerous reasons. My tour guide was an egyptologist
2006-10-31 14:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by carolina t 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
some say the rock that was used had a crack that grew over time and the nose finally fell off.
others state a bomb broke it off back during one of the wars.
as far as I know....there is no 100% answer.
2006-10-31 14:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the french troops led by napoleon bonaparte did it in 1798, during the french invasion on Egypt (1798-1801).
2006-10-31 19:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by Yasmine 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shot off by Napoleons soldiers
2006-10-31 14:48:42 · answer #7 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I read that a military person blew the nose off, no pun intended, I think it was Napolean. See link below.
2006-10-31 14:56:18 · answer #8 · answered by Any Key! Push Me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WWII target practise for the Panzers, not the English.
2006-10-31 14:55:50 · answer #9 · answered by shkoodawaboo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Napoleon's soldiers ...can't fool history and every Egyptian knows the story.
2006-10-31 18:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by rinah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋