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It is rumoured that the damage to the face of the sphinx was caused by the soldiers of the Napoleonic army using it for target practice with their muskets whilst resting in Cairo during their Egyptian campaign. Whilst this cannot be proved it is an enduring story passed down by word of mouth by the local people.

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