The instances encompassing the Sphinx's nose becoming broken off are uncertain, but near inspection indicates a deliberate act working with rods or chisels.[9] Opposite to a well known myth, it wasn't broken off by cannonfire from Napoleon's troops all through his 1798 Egyptian campaign. , 'The Father of Terror,' and https://www.luxreisen.net/blog/weihnachten-in-aegypten-feiern