How did the Sphinx lose its nose?

Where is the Sphinx's nose? Many of us have heard the tale that a cannonball fired by Napoleon's soldiers hit the nose and caused it to break off. Sketches of the Sphinx by the Dane Frederic Louis Norden were created in 1737 and published in 1755, well before the era of Napoleon. read more

The mysterious Sphinx in front of the Pyramid of Khafre on the Giza Plateau, Egypt Legends have passed over hundreds of years regarding the simple omission in this photograph of the Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre, part of the Giza Pyramid (or Great Pyramid) complex in Egypt. read more

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. read more