Frederik Ludvig Norden depicted the Sphinx without a nose in the 1730s, long before Napoleon reached Egypt. Archaeologist Mark Lehner has said the tool marks fit deliberate chiseling, not cannon fire. The video argues that Muhammad Sa'im al-Dar removed the nose in 1378 after locals made offerings to the Sphinx. That precise culprit, date and motive remain a proposed interpretation. 🏛️
The video argues Sa'im al-Dar removed the Sphinx’s nose in 1378—not Napoleon
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Key facts
- Frederik Ludvig Norden's 1730s depiction shows the Sphinx already missing its nose, decades before Napoleon's army reached Egypt in 1798.
- Mark Lehner has said the damage is consistent with deliberate chiseling rather than cannon fire.
- The attribution to Muhammad Sa'im al-Dar, the date of 1378 and the offerings motive are the video's proposed account, not a settled finding.
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Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (1755) records Frederic Louis Norden's extensive documentation and drawings of his voyage through Egypt in 1737–38.
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The Great Sphinx of Giza in Frederic Louis Norden's, Voyage d'Égypte et de Nubie (1755) This file has been identified as being free of known ...
[PDF] Frederik Ludvig Norden - Royal Academypubl.royalacademy.dk
A French poem from the reign of the latter (1699-1730), Under King Christian VI (1730-46) the first Danish scientific expe dition to Egypt was dispatched. The ...
Sphinx's nose during the Egyptian campaign, historical evidence ...threads.com
Danish explorer Frederic Louis Norden's sketches from 1737 show the Sphinx already without its nose, well before Napoleon's arrival in Egypt.
Census: Frederic Louis Norden - Colonial Sensecolonialsense.com
Frederic Louis Norden ... Norden made a voyage through Egypt all the way down to Sudan in 1737–1738, on the request of King Christian VI of Denmark.
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Download Images of Frederic louis norden - by Frederic Lewis Norden, The Great Sphinx of Giza in Frederic Louis Norden's, source for public domain images, ...
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Norden was a Danish naval officer. Norden continued to work on his sketches after he returned to Europe in 1738. more than 160 plates,
Frederic Louis Nordenen.wikipedia.org
In 1738, he and the expedition returned to Denmark. navy's shipbuilding. Head of the Sphinx of Giza by Norden, one of the first realistic representations ...
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