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The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even Said To Have Used The Sphinx As Target Practice For Their Cannons, Shooting Off Its Nose. This Last Is A Calumny: It Is Known That The Sphinx Was Defaced As Early As The Eighth Century By The Sufi Iconoclast Saim-ed-Dahr,28 And Was Further Damaged In 1380 By Fanatical Muslims Prompted By The Koran's Strictures Against Images. During These Early Times The Sphinx Was Not Regarded As A Precious Historical Object, But Instead Inspired Fear: Through The Centuries It Became Known To The Egyptians As Abul-Hol (Father Of Terrors), And Would Only Begin To Be Regarded More Favorably When It Became A Tourist Attraction In The Later Nineteenth Century.

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

Paul Strathern Quotes: The Myth Persists In Egypt To This Day That Napoleon's Soldiers Actually Disfigured Some Of These Ruins, And Are Even

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