UM-Bot Posted March 19, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Tomb robbers may have deliberately defaced statues and artwork to prevent spirits from seeking revenge. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/326355/why-do-egyptian-statues-have-missing-noses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Red Devil Posted March 19, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Wasn't the nose of the sphinx defaced by a cannonball fired by Napoleon's soldiers? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllPossible Posted March 19, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Interesting I was told that is was something else but this makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted March 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) I think early sketches of the Sphinx shows that the nose was missing before Napoleon was in the area. https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/photo-what-happened-to-the-sphinxs-nose-180950757/ Edited March 19, 2019 by Buzz_Light_Year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralHorus Posted March 19, 2019 #5 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Racism runs deep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jim Posted March 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just because the ancient Egyptians believed that stuff about spirits doesn't mean that the grave robbers who came later believed that too. Tomb raids didn't happen all at once so it could have been a way keep track of where they had been before. Kind of like checkmarks on a list, grab the gold, whack the nose and move on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted March 20, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 20, 2019 18 hours ago, UM-Bot said: Tomb robbers may have deliberately defaced statues and artwork to prevent spirits from seeking revenge. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/326355/why-do-egyptian-statues-have-missing-noses Wasn't that the Persians defacing every statue they saw as Greek (Egypt got conquered by them)? They were removing the `Greek Nose` from everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted March 20, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Those nose break off due to differences in the heat capacity of the small nose and the relatively far larger head. They simply fracture because the nose heats up - i.e. expands - and cools down - i.e. shrinks - faster than the larger head. Pff! Any five year old might tell you that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorusonofRah Posted March 20, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Are these people serious? LMFAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted March 21, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 21, 2019 17 hours ago, HorusonofRah said: Are these people serious? LMFAO. no body really nose. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted May 10, 2019 #11 Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) Question: Why do Egyptian statues have missing noses ? I give up why? lol Edited May 10, 2019 by LucidElement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboMoo Posted May 10, 2019 #12 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I recently went to Egypt and they say the Roman's came and destroyed the noses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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