I wonder how many were found in situ with damage, (IE, damaged in antiquity) and how many were damaged thereafter? The Turks, IIRC, were using the Sphinx for target practice. The article only barely grazes the Islamic practice of destroying idols, referring only to using the stones as building materials.
The sphinx was originally a lion. But lions tended to point towards Nimrod or Israel.
The nose would be cut off or eroded, and then Egyptians would later claim it as a cat because cats have effects on the spirit body of a human.
Then Islam comes in and wrecks what remains.
The cycle seems to be Emerald Tablets, channeled divine knowledge, human wisdom raises, then humans become power mad hungry and start detonating themselves. Later on, some other civilization comes in and takes over/wrecks the place.
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I wonder how many were found in situ with damage, (IE, damaged in antiquity) and how many were damaged thereafter? The Turks, IIRC, were using the Sphinx for target practice. The article only barely grazes the Islamic practice of destroying idols, referring only to using the stones as building materials.
Like the Taliban dynamiting the Buddha statues in Afghanistan, you mean?
Exactly. And ISIL demolishing what was left of ancient cities they took over, etc.
The sphinx was originally a lion. But lions tended to point towards Nimrod or Israel.
The nose would be cut off or eroded, and then Egyptians would later claim it as a cat because cats have effects on the spirit body of a human.
Then Islam comes in and wrecks what remains.
The cycle seems to be Emerald Tablets, channeled divine knowledge, human wisdom raises, then humans become power mad hungry and start detonating themselves. Later on, some other civilization comes in and takes over/wrecks the place.
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