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The "Great Sphinx of Giza" also has a missing ceremonial beard

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The "Great Sphinx of Giza" also has a missing ceremonial beard
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In addition to the lost nose, a ceremonial pharaonic beard is thought to have been attached, although this may have been added in later periods after the original construction. Egyptologist Vassil Dobrev has suggested that had the beard been an original part of the Sphinx, it would have damaged the chin of the statue upon falling.[16] The lack of visible damage supports his theory that the beard was a later addition. @Curionic

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The Great Sphinx of Giza is so old that its first restoration dates to 1400 BC, when it was already a thousand years old

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The Great Sphinx of Giza is so old that its first restoration dates to 1400 BC, when it was already a thousand years old