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The Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC.
This is an excerpt from Wikipedia about the nose:
The one-meter-wide nose on the face is missing. Examination of the Sphinx's face shows that long rods or chisels were hammered into the nose, one down from the bridge and one beneath the nostril, then used to pry the nose off towards the south.[32]
The Egyptian Arab historian al-Maqrīzī, writing in the 15th century AD, attributes the loss of the nose to iconoclasm by Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, a Sufi Muslim from the khanqah of Sa'id al-Su'ada. In AD 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, and was hanged for vandalism. Al-Maqrīzī describes the Sphinx as the "talisman of the Nile" on which the locals believed the flood cycle depended.
There is also a story that the nose was broken off by a cannonball fired by Napoleon's soldiers, that still lives on today. Other variants indict British troops, the Mamluks, and others. However, sketches of the Sphinx by the Dane Frederic Louis Norden, made in 1737 and published in 1755, illustrate the Sphinx already without a nose.
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When and why was sphinx built?
your fat
Who ordered for the sphinx to be built?
The sphinx was built by people who worked for the pharaohs. It is believed to have been built during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558-2532 BC).[
Who is Pharaoh Khafra?
he built the great sphinx of giza
What body part is missing from sphinx?
If you are talking about the sphinx in Egypt then it is the nose. When the British occupied Egypt they used the sphinx as target practice and took away much of its face. Last I heard restoration attempts are underway.
Where was Queen Hatshepsut while the sphinx was built?
why dose this say answer when im the one asking the question!
What kingdom was the great sphinx built in?
The Sphinx was built in Egypt.
Why was built the sphinx?
The Great Sphinx was built to have memorials and worship gods/pharaohs.
Where was the sphinx build?
the sphinx was built in Egyipt
Who built the first sphinx?
It thought that the Sphinx at Giza was built by Khafre builder of the 2nd pyramid
When was sphinx of Giza built?
The Great Sphinx of Giza was built earlier than 7000 B.C.
What is the sphinx built from?
Limestone.
Who was the people who built the sphinx?
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When and why was sphinx built?
your fat
Who built the sphinx and whose face is on it?
King Khufu's face is on the sphinx.
Did africans built the sphinx?
Yes, it was built in Egypt.
What is a sentence with the word Sphinx?
We got the idea of having a sphinx like cat on the cover from Chris's cat.
Why was the sphinx used?
The Sphinx was built as a tribute to the God Ra, which was Venus on fire.
