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Originally posted by Lizanabavi
The Egyptians- too often members of other persuasions
choose discredit this fact. Why do you think
the nose and other facial features from
Egyptian sculptures have been destroyed?
Particularly The Great Shinx.
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as i learned from my archaeology courses in college, noses, arms ears and other unstructurally sound parts of statues fall off or are eroded naturally from the wind and time. in addition, the sand blowing around in the desert also helps to erode statues such as the sphynx. countless statues from even after the egyptian period are missing noses and limbs. the roman statues also are missing those important pieces.