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What is a huge sculpted lion with a man's head?
The sphinx, located in Egypt. Was a well preserved monument until the British started using it for target practice. 2nd Answer: Some say that it was the Turks who shot the Sphinx's nose off, others say it was Napoleon's French army. But, the Sphinx's nose was clearly missing before Napoleon was even born! The Sphinx was pretty deteriorated for a thousand years or more before its nose fell off.
Why is nose on the Sphinx missing?
When Napoleon soldiers from France was drunk they shot the Sphinx nose so constantly that it finally fell off the Sphinx,Which made a great but untrue fable.The first recorded picture of the Great Sphinx was painted hundreds of years before Napoleon's Army arrived in Egypt. It had no nose then so it was not an effort by the French to destroy a historical monument.The most likely reason was not man made, but a minute natural fissure that expanded over the centuries..
When did the great spihnx nose fall off?
There is no specific date. Some have suggested Napoleon's army shot the nose off with canon balls, but there are sketches of the Sphinx that pre-date Napoleon by 50 years and they show the already Sphinx missing it's nose. On the other hand there are chisel marks that indicate someone climbed up there and used a tool to break off the nose.
Who shot a cannon ball at the sphinx?
The legend was that one of Napoleon's soldiers fired a cannon at the Sphinx, breaking off the nose- however, there is evidence that the damage was done earlier, and not with a cannon. But it makes a good story, does it not?
Why did Napoleon bomb the sphinx?
Although vandalism is the most likely reason the nose is chipped it was not Napoleon that did it.
How did the sphinx's nose fall off?
The Sphinx did not lose its nose by Napoleon because the Sphinx's' nose was already gone before Napoleon so Napoleon couldn't have been the cause of the lose of the Sphinx's nose. The Sphinx actually lost a considerable amount of its features in 1378CE when a local Sufi Sheik thought the Sphinx to be idolatrous and attempted to blow it up with explosives. His name was Sayim al- Dahr whose was called by the locals contemporary to his time as the Perpetual Faster. Local legend tells that the Sphinx took revenge on him by creating a sand storm that lasted three days and nearly destroyed the local village where he lived.
What did the Australian do while training in Egypt?
Shot the nose off the Sphinx
Who is sa'im al-dahr?
A guy who shot the nose off the The Great Sphinx .
Did Adolf Hitler shoot sphinx?
No. There is an older story that one of Napolean's gunnery officers shot off the nose of the Sphinx, but that is also questionable.
Did Napoleon's troops shoot the nose off of the Sphinx in Egypt?
No. There were drawings of the Sphinx without a nose before Napoleon's time. The Sphinx actually lost a considerable amount of its features in 1378 AD when a local Sufi Sheik thought the Sphinx to be idolatrous and attempted to blow it up with explosives. His name was Sayim al-Dahr. They did much the same thing in Afghanistan with some Buddhist images they did not like. The other theory is that he went up there with a chisel since there are marking where the nose used to be that indicate that type of tool had been used to break off the nose.
When did the sphinx lose its beard?
Yes the great Sphinx of Giza had a beard but it fell off and is now kept in a museum
Who knocked the sphinx's nose?
Napolean
