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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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[โ€“] sxan@midwest.social 11 points 4 days ago (15 children)

Is it just a fabrication that Germans in WWII shot off the nose, then? Because it looks as if it's already missing the nose here.

[โ€“] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It looks like a monkey face in these two.

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