Why are the faces on the Pyramids of Egypt without a nose? What happened?

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THIS IS FOR UROS I YOU NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN GRAMMER BEFORE COMMENTING ON MINE. IT'S NOT UNPROPER IT'S IMPROPER. AND SO WHAT YOU MAKE MISTAKES TOO.

Answer 1

Hey Lexus, never mind if u ask a wrong question or if u dont know .. we all here to make u know the stuff you dont know babe .. we all make mistakes

You are talking about sphinx , pyramid shape any way doesnt have a nose .

The nose of the Great Sphinx at Giza is made conspicuous by its absence. What happened to it? The popular story is that the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte used the nose for target practice in 1798. Drawings done for La Description de L'Egypte depict a noseless Sphinx.


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Answer 2

"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 fanatic 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."

Answer 3

Well, when Moses was born God knew that he was going to be a leader . In those times the Israelites were the slaves of Egypt and those were the people who built the pyramids. Moses lead them out of Egypt with God's help. If you are a Christian you should know that because it says it in the Bible.

Answer 4

as it was said before, yes the nose of the sphinx has been broken since the French invasion to Egypt by Napoleon's army and the story of the canon is the most spread ed story here in Egypt.

an Egyptian friend

Answer 5

The Sphinx lost his nose due to high winds and sand erosion. But My boyfriend swears that napoloen blew it off with a conon ball..

Answer 6

It is the result of famous Muslim tradition - statue defacing. That's the Mohammed's way of demonstrating "respect" towards other cultures.

Answer 7

Do you mean the Sphinx? British soldiers used it for target practice.

Answer 8

What are you talking about???! I don't mind unpropper grammar, but this is outrageous - Pyramids don't have faces, only the Sphinks has it, and not faceS, but one FACE! Know what you're asking before you ask!!!

Answer 9

The British happened. They ruin everything. Oh yeah, and erosion.......good luck!

Answer 10

They probably didn't have noses in Egypt.