One of the most common questions you will hear within art history’s circles is “Why are the noses missing from so many ancient Egyptian statues?” Is it just a coincidence, or could it possibly be a conspiracy?

Natural Erosion Has Played a Role
Several archaeologists have suggested erosion could be one of the main reasons this happens to many ancient statues. Harsh winds, shifting mud and sand dunes, the flowing of water, and thousands of years of feet and hands pitter-pattering over relatively delicate materials such as marble and stone will most likely have a pretty damaging effect. Many of these ancient statues have been exposed to these elements for a very long time, while others have been buried under tons of mud and sand for centuries, it's usually the extremities, such as arms, legs and noses that get damaged the most and eventually disappear.



Statues of a young Tutankhamun and his consort Ankesenamun outside at Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt. (Ad Meskens/ CC BY SA 3.0 )

Human Intervention is Definitely Another Major Factor
Vandalism could be another major factor as to why this phenomenon appears so frequently. A recent example, not in Egypt, is the statue of the famous philosopher Aristotle, which is welcoming visitors at the entrance of the ancient a*sos site, in Turkey. The statue of Aristotle, known as the founder of the first philosophy school in history, was erected in 2009 by the Culture Ministry of Turkey at the entrance to the ancient a*sos site in the Ayvacık district, but in 2015 it was vandalized after its right arm was removed, while severe distortion was noted on the statue’s face as well.

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Who or what damaged this statue of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Haremheb as a scribe? Did vandals take his nose? ( Aryeh Shershow /CC BY SA 3.0 )

It has also been noted before that several archaeologists during the late 19th and early 20th century, lacking the finer instruments and procedures we have today and in a hurry to be the first to discover the "next big thing", were responsible for some of the most hideous damages ever committed against classical sculpture.

Of course, religion has also played a huge part, even though extremist Muslims aren't the only ones who have been caught in the act as many people falsely believe today. Christians, Jews, and many other known religions have also taken part in the shameful act of vandalism throughout the centuries and are responsible for the de-nosing and dismembering of many cultural and historical treasures.
Could it be Racism?
According to some scholars, there was a deliberate attempt by early Egyptologists to deny and hide that Ancient Egypt was an African culture. According to the written account of Vivant Denon, a French artist, writer and archaeologist who etched the image of the Sphinx of Giza around 1798, the facial features of the famous monument appeared to be of African origin,

.Though its proportions are colossal, the outline is pure and graceful; the expression of the head is mild, gracious, and tranquil; the character is African, but the mouth, and lips of which are thick, has a softness and delicacy of execution truly admirable; it seems real life and flesh. Art must have been at a high pitch when this monument was executed; for, if the head wants what is called style, that is the say, the straight and bold lines which give expression to the figures under which the Greeks have designated their deities, yet sufficient justice has been rendered to the fine simplicity and character of nature which is displayed in this figure

The Great Sphinx in 1867. Note its unrestored condition, still partially buried body, and man standing beneath its ear. ( Public Domain )



However, this theory fails to explain why so many ancient Greek and Roman statues are de-nosed and dismembered as well. Noses on the vast majority of ancient Greek and Roman stone sculptures are missing too. While some of these have inevitably broken off accidentally, it’s pretty evident that an overwhelming number of them have been deliberately targeted. Since it’s historically, archaeologically and scientifically proven that the ancient Greeks and Romans were of European (Caucasian) origin, in this case racism wasn’t likely to have been a reason for the intentional de-nosing of those statues.

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Humiliation
It has been recorded that later Egyptian dynasties would often deface statues of past monarchs in order to erase or diminish their legacy. In these cases the removal of the nose would be accompanied by other, more extensive facial disfigurements, as well as the destruction of inscriptions and symbols of office.


Busts of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. (kairoinfo4u/ CC BY NC SA 2.0 )

In conclusion, the suggestion that the statues had their noses removed specifically to “hide” the race of the individuals they depicted is definitely not a theory to fully dismiss, but it’s only a theory for now, with no solid archaeological proof and evidence verifying it. So, for one to answer with confidence the question why so many Egyptian statues are missing their noses, they should be able to explain with certainty why the same happened with so many statues of Greek, Persian, and Roman origin as well.

Top Image: Some of the many Egyptian statues that are missing their noses - Neferure and Senenmut ( CC BY SA 3.0 ), Great Sphinx of Giza (Diego Delso/ CC BY SA 3.0 ), 'Green Head' of a statue of a priest ( Society for the Promotion of the Egyptian Museum Berlin ), Head from a female sphinx ( Brooklyn Museum ), statue of a Man ( Public Domain ), and Senusret III (Public Domain ).

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...Since it’s historically, archaeologically and scientifically proven that the ancient Greeks and Romans were of European (Caucasian) origin...

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I'll let y'all do your own research bc if it's all facts and proven and sh*t then why is it still in question?

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Probably bc these ppl are known liars?

wow didnt know they were so many

u already kno the reason

Same reason Mj was hacking off his nose.

Metatron is a known idiot and racist that made a Ancient Egyptian video and skipped showing the 1000s of Black Ancient Egyptian art to put forth a narrative that Egyptians were White.

And the idiots in his comment ate it up.

Shows you how much White people really want to think they are Africans lol.

They knocked the Wide noses off Greek and Roman statues too. This was done on purpose and literally because of Anti-Black racism.

At the time when Rome was f*ghting barbarians....AKA White people...and had massive armies from Africa. It was easy to distinguish Africans mostly by their noses.

Rome was enslaving White people and called them savages. And they tried to integrate them into Rome...which backfired. They basically got together with other barbarian tribes and destroyed Rome and... poof...now we have Europe.

You'll see racist make up horse sh*t explanations that noses were removed from Egyptian statues because some sh*t with Spirits.

Then when you ask why other African statues and Greek and Roman statues have their noses chiseled off...they don’t have any answer. Their go to response is that " they just fell off".

I hope you're seeing a clear picture and the pattern of White racist revisions.

Romans were also dark-skinned, which is why they spent more time in Africa and...

...you know what?

We should know by now that White racist lie and deny everything, make up bullsh*t history and steal other cultures.

That is their culture.

They invaded, destroyed and co-opted Rome, then Greece and later Africans when they found out Romans and Greeks learned from them.

Also, White Jews ( claiming to be Semitic...which is also African but they speak Yiddish and are 90% European...i don't get it) and White people ( ancestors were the barbarians that Rome enslaved) have been throwing racist terms like Afrocentric around.

Really makes no sense since they are both claiming origins from Africa or that White people are the original Africans...you see...they always dig themselves into a hole of nonsense.

Just dumb, racist dog sh*t.


Edit:

Also, the origins of White people are Sweden, Norway and Denmark which was basically discarded so white racist could pretend they were the people Romans and Africans.

So when you see Germanic tribes...it doesn't get any Whiter than that.

And while Nordic countries escape their racist past or attempt...America seems hellbent on going backwards.

Very strange.

i read somewhere that if a pharoah did some foul sh*t....or something the people didn't agree with , they would just "cancel" them like we do today with people but in such a scale that others wouldn't even know about their existence..

meaning if r.kelly was a pharoah we wouldn't know any of his music..

and i feel like that was the wrong approach to take, they should have kept the records of some of those pharoahs ...so we can learn about them and also learn what not to do..


it aggrivates me that there are so many people that have existed throughout history that we'll never know about , we only know about the people that they want us to know about. because there isn't any records or text of what these people did...and like i guess some were cancelled so their legacy was literally destroyed ...

cancelling is not a new thing.

Negro noses are pronounced…..

White Europeans did it to cover true history, period

black people and people of african descent have distinctively wider nostrils
They did it to cover up true history

We are the true heir of Royalty.

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i dont get into all the conspiracy stuff

but i honestly always found it weird that basically all of Egyptian statues had the noses missing as well.

stuff can erode and get damaged over the years of course, especially over extensive periods of time.

but if its erosion, why is it always so prominent in the nose area? Come on now. sh*t it adding up.

in the third photo in the OP, it honestly looks as if the nose area was filled off

we already know whats up.

this aint no damn coincidence IMO.

yakub ain't do the grafting yet

In the wise words of Prodigy (RIP brotha)

“ fu*k Christopher Columbus, the Indians was here first
And fu*k the Vatican, the pyramids is older
Shot off the nose and lips of our statues
Mad it was black faces, that was staring 'Back at you'
We even built pyramids on Mars, they won't tell us about that
'Cause then we'd realize who we are”

You know why.

Vivant Denon knew some things

Greece was big cap

They had 1500 years to cover up whatever they wanted , there’s 1000s of statues where they didn’t knock off the noses or lips sooooooo what about all those ?? But keep bringing up the same 8 to 15 statues that did smh

Most of y'all are too brainwashed n Ignorant to even be talking about
this stuff...

Voodoopocalypse said yakub ain't do the grafting yet

Who???

Because when i want to make all of YOUR sh*t MINE but you can tell by the nose it doesn't belong to me.....

Nvm

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skillz410 said In the wise words of Prodigy (RIP brotha) “ fu*k Christopher Columbus, the Indians was here first And fu*k the Vatican, the pyramids is older Shot off the nose and lips of our statues Mad it was black faces, that was staring 'Back at you' We even built pyramids on Mars, they won't tell us about that 'Cause then we'd realize who we are”

In the wise words of Nas


"Before we came to this country/
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys

There was empires in Africa called Kush/
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books

To learn from black teachers, who taught Greeks and Romans/
Asian Arabs and gave them gold, when

Gold was converted to money it all changed/
Money then became empowerment for Europeans

The Persian military invaded/
They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred

Africa was almost robbed nekkid/
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships

Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went/
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces

Shot up they nose*to impose what basically/
Still goes on today, you see?"

Nas - "I can"

You can blow the nose off that won't change sh*t. Obama Care can't heal all that anguish. We've came along way since the bottom of the boat.

strungout said i read somewhere that if a pharoah did some foul sh*t....or something the people didn't agree with , they would just "cancel" them like we do today with people but in such a scale that others wouldn't even know about their existence.. meaning if r.kelly was a pharoah we wouldn't know any of his music.. and i feel like that was the wrong approach to take, they should have kept the records of some of those pharoahs ...so we can learn about them and also learn what not to do.. it aggrivates me that there are so many people that have existed throughout history that we'll never know about , we only know about the people that they want us to know about. because there isn't any records or text of what these people did...and like i guess some were cancelled so their legacy was literally destroyed ... cancelling is not a new thing.

Yup. Think of all the civilizations that were either destroyed by people or naturally by weather, floods, etc. I said to myself if I die and theres a heaven, I wanna learn about all the sh*t that was taught to us that was a lie about history and just history in general

That’s disgusting. nasty