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Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
- marsrover 8y agoLooks like the same article as here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19388979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19388979
- Cactus2018 8y agoA: "The damaged part of the body is no longer able to do its job," Bleiberg explained. Without a nose, the statue-spirit ceases to breathe, so that the vandal is effectively "killing" it.
- SlipperySlope 8y agoEssentially the answer is the need of a new religion to eradicate the old.