The situations encompassing the Sphinx's nose being damaged off are unsure, but close inspection implies a deliberate act applying rods or chisels.[9] Contrary to a popular myth, it was not broken off by cannonfire from Napoleon's troops through his 1798 Egyptian campaign. [40] It is claimed by the custom, to https://www.luxreisen.net/blog/weihnachten-in-aegypten-feiern