The Sphinx's Nose

About this episode

Athena and Tiernan explore the mystery of how the Great Sphinx of Giza lost its nose.

The Great Sphinx of Giza - the statue of a mythical creature with the head of a human and body of a cat - famously has no nose. But how did it get that way?   Did it fall off due to frostbite? Or get misplaced?  Well, if you don't know you're in luck, as Athena and Tiernan have all the evidence and theories about how this may have happened. So, listen closely Chief Detectives and then make up your mind.  Whoever knows about the nose knows ... Over to you... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Athena, Tiernan

Topics covered

• Sphinx
• mystery
• history
• Egypt
• archaeology

Keywords

• Sphinx
• Giza
• nose
• mystery
• theories
• frostbite
• archaeology

Mentioned in this episode

Places: The Great Sphinx of Giza

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