Have U noticed that the SPHINX has no NOZE??

Question

What happened TO him..Poor FELLOW....
But now really..WHAT hapened TO HIZ nose???

Answer 1

Missing nose
The one-meter-wide nose on the face is missing. A legend that the nose was broken off by a cannon ball fired by Napoléon’s soldiers still survives, as do diverse variants indicting British troops, Mamluks, and others. However, sketches of the Sphinx by Frederick Lewis Norden made in 1737 and published in 1755 illustrate the Sphinx without a nose. The Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi, writing in the fifteenth century, attributes the vandalism to Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, a Sufi from the khanqah of Sa'id al-Su'ada. In 1378, upon finding the Egyptian peasants making offerings to the Sphinx in the hope of increasing their harvest, Sa'im al-Dahr was so outraged that he destroyed the nose. Al-Maqrizi describes the Sphinx as the “Nile talisman” on which the locals believed the cycle of inundation depended.

Curious and droll fictional explanations of the nose’s disappearance occasionally appear in modern entertainment set in vaguely appropriate times, such as in Asterix and Cleopatra.

In addition to the lost nose, a ceremonial pharaonic beard is thought to have been attached, although this may have been added in later periods after the original construction. Egyptologist Rainer Stadelmann has posited that the rounded divine beard may not have existed in the Old or Middle Kingdoms, only being conceived of in the New Kingdom to identify the Sphinx with the god Horemakhet. This may also relate to the later fashion of pharaohs, which was to wear a plaited beard of authority—a false beard (chin straps are actually visible on some statues), since Egyptian culture mandated that men be clean shaven. Pieces of this beard are today kept in the British Museum and the Egyptian Museum.



The sphinx of Giza is an ancient iconic mythical creature usually comprised of a recumbent lion — animal with sacred solar associations — with a human head, usually that of a pharaoh.

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo (29.975299° N 31.137496° E). It is one of the largest single-stone statues on Earth, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the 3rd millennium BC.

What name ancient Egyptians called the statue is not completely known. The commonly used name “Sphinx” was given to it in Antiquity based on the legendary Greek creature with the body of a lion, the head of a woman and the wings of an eagle, though Egyptian sphinxes have the head of a man. The word “sphinx” comes from the Greek Σφινξ — Sphinx, apparently from the verb σφινγω — sphingo, meaning “to strangle,” as the sphinx from Greek mythology strangled anyone incapable of answering her riddle. A few, however, have postulated it to be a corruption of the ancient Egyptian Shesep-ankh, a name applied to royal statues in the Fourth Dynasty, though it came to be more specifically associated with the Great Sphinx in the New Kingdom. In medieval texts, the names balhib and bilhaw referring to the Sphinx are attested, including by Egyptian historian Maqrizi, which suggest Coptic constructions, but the Egyptian Arabic name Abul-Hôl, which translates as “Father of Terror,” came to be more widely used.

Answer 2

Although the head of the Sphinx is badly battered in some places, traces of the original paint can still be seen near one ear. Originally it is believed that the Sphinx was painted and was quite colorful. Since then, the nose and beard have been broken away. The nose was the unfortunate victim of target practice by the Turks in the Turkish period. It is often erroneously assumed that the nose was shot off by Napoleon's men, but 18th century drawings reveal that the nose was missing long before Napoleon's arrival.

Answer 3

Watched Am Geography Public TV some stuff
A great war took place with catapults and hit the nose...wind and rain deteriorated the nose and it fell off in time they try to figure out who it was and the place face there is not a door to get inside the artifact...Allens or Egyptian...The Geographic Archieologist are tapping and x raying and testing looking for a door and feeling like a trap or old dust or spice with fatal laces will reach if you try to go inside...The dust to KIng Tut killed all the people who profited from the find...King Tut came to town and I stayed away from the art museum because of the curse...
They found the cause of death was a battle wound to the thigh
the young king died at age 15 political yes I think so...curse well a long list of the names of the people covered with red dust and had little colds and the influence of lung related deaths...Lest we try to make profits off the past Leave It alone God will tell you whatever you need to know in the end...Just be good little monster...You know if you cut off the nose it does not have value in spite of his faith to breath and look pretty in the afterworld some hidden treasure ... Tapping on their fate...I hope they give up and do not fall in on spears and blow darts Circa 1979

Answer 4

When Chaucer would understand our language better than we, then are we regressing or evolving? They say English is now a million words strong. How about we just learn a good ten thousand to get along? Maybe then the word "peace" would not be so hard to understand! Unless that is number 10,001! Fun write but I would like to know what meaning you place with the word 'chicory'? I am thinking it might be a metaphor for Nawlins corn likker! lol

Answer 5

Napoleon's troops used the face of the Sphinx for target practice and shot his nose off, though it had already started to erode due to natural processes. There was also an Egyptian beard once, but it fell off.

Answer 6

Yup
I am Egyptian
it was broken down

when a french leader shot it by something like "BaZoka"
His name is Frizer
He came to Egypt to stop England from coming so they defeat them because it was a war between them

Answer 7

Wasn't it unfinished or blown off? BOOM Sphinx: MY NOSE! Nose: Help me

Answer 8

Since I've heard different answers to this, I checked it out and here's a site talking about the different "suspects."
http://home.xnet.com/~warinner/sphinx.html

Answer 9

if I remember correctly the nose was blown off during artillery practice

Answer 10

no, but now that you've mentioned it i will check on it!