0
It got blown off by the wind slowly. And over the years bit by bit it wore off and just disapeared.
Answer
It is possible that a human damaged the nose. The legend that Napoleon used it for target practice and knocked off the nose with a cannon ball has been around for centuries. However, drawings show the nose was missing even before that. Another possibility is damage done in the fifteenth century.
Arianna Blick
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoIt got blown off by the wind slowly. And over the years bit by bit it wore off and just disapeared.
Answer
It is possible that a human damaged the nose. The legend that Napoleon used it for target practice and knocked off the nose with a cannon ball has been around for centuries. However, drawings show the nose was missing even before that. Another possibility is damage done in the fifteenth century.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoNapoleon and his troop practiced shooting on its nose.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Who knocked the sphinx's nose?
Napolean
How did the sphinx's eygept nose get chopped off?
the Egyptians made a replica of King Khufu (the sphinx) but they were not allowed to make exact replicas of pharaohs so they had to take off the nose.
Which monster is dangerous a Cerberus or a sphinx?
Sphinx
How many sphinx are there in the world?
there is only 1 sphinx and it is located in ancient Egypt
What monster has the head of a woman and the body of a lion?
The Sphinx
Who knocked the sphinx's nose?
Napolean
Did the Egyptians build the sphinx with a nose?
yes but the nose fell off
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.
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.
What facial feature is the Egyptian Sphinx lacking?
The nose.
What parts of the Great Sphinx fell off?
The nose.
How did the sphinx's eygept nose get chopped off?
the Egyptians made a replica of King Khufu (the sphinx) but they were not allowed to make exact replicas of pharaohs so they had to take off the nose.
What body part have the Egyptians started to restore on the sphinx?
Nose
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
What is the best way to draw the Great Sphinx of Giza?
start with the nose
How the great sphinx lose its nose?
The weathering and erosin made the Sphinx nose fall off. And people in Egypt say they found part of the beard between his paws. Over time many theories have been brought forward to explain the disappearance of the great Sphinx of Giza's nose. However it is generally accepted that what happened to the nose is as the Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi wrote in the 15th century. He says that the nose was destroyed in, 1378, by a Sufi fanatic by the name of Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, who enraged by the lifelike representation of a human face he ordered the nose removed as it was something that was expressly forbidden by Islam. There is some evidence suggests that this may very well be the case as there are tool marks where the nose was suggesting it was broken or levered-off. The most generally accepted case is that the Ottoman Mamelukes, despotic Islamic overlords of Egypt,shot the nose off the Sphinx, using it as target practice.
