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Re:Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses? by naibafo on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:51AM (#19390362)
The only information I have on Egyptian noses is that, according to Asterix and Obelix, Cleopatra was famous for her nose.
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Re:Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses? by mcnesium on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:13PM (#19390595)
It is clearly explained in this 1968 movie, how and why the Sphinx happens to lack her nose: https://youtu.be/RFnfR26jnzo?t=2033
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Re:Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses? by cwmma on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:58AM (#19390422)
she was Greek though so probably not a great example
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Re:Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses? by tP5n on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:30PM (#19391435)
she was born in alexandria, north africa, as daughter to the ruling pharaoh of the ptomelaic kingdom in egypt.
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Re:Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses? by adavis321 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:59PM (#19394251)
Yes, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Greek kingdom founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a companion and historian of Alexander the Great. He started the kingdom after the death of Alexander.
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