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Photo of the Sphinx taken from a balloon before it was excavated. I can't find a date, but based on when it was excavated and the history of photography, some time between 1840 and 1867 (lemmy.world)
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I looked all over for a date and got everything from "early 1800s" to "late 1800s" but nothing exact, so I had to make an educated guess. The first cameras practical enough to take such a photo were developed around 1840 and the excavations began in 1867.

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[–] cheddar@programming.dev 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's true. Hitler wanted to move the Sphinx to his base on the other side of the moon. Of course, moving the whole thing would be too difficult, so they only took the nose.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hah.

Just in case, though, I'll clarify: what I'd heard was that, when the German army was in Egypt in WWII, some German soldiers used the nose for target practice and pulverized it. No aliens required.

Edit: I'm remembering the story wrong: the target practice thing is attributed to Napoleon's troops using the nose as target practice for cannon. It'd unsubstantiated in either case; it turns out no one alive really knows.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Strangely the recent documentation doesn't mention that.

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

recent documentation

uploaded 15 years ago

I hate to break it to you, but this information is heavily outdated.