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once entirely brightly painted.
After so many years the poor thing looked pretty
beat up. And what’s the story of the missing nose?
A lot of folks blame Napoleon’s troops who used
a cannon to shoot off the nose, but they got a bum
rap since illustrations show the schnozz-less sphinx
predates Napoleon in Egypt. So the mystery remains. At the end of our camel ride we pass
Fortunately, efforts are on-going to preserve the through an area covered with tombs of
statue; during our visit, scaffolding covered much of important Egyptians. The pyramids and
the rear of the Sphinx for restoration work. No plans Sphinx loom large in the distance.
exist, as far as we know, to replace the nose.
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