In a message of 15 Apr 98 Ivy Iverson wrote to me:
 It>> About the only thing that can't be reconstructed on the Sphynx is the 
 IT>>  nose, unless a profile picture or drawing can be found which showed 
 IT>> it before the damage occured.
 PF>> Wasn't the nose knocked off by French soldiers doing cannon practice?
 II>   There are several stories, one was that it was shot of by one of
 II> Hitler's armies, but there are other stories/theories as well.
If that were the case then thousands of photos of it would still exist. I 
have somewhere some pre WWII encyclopedias. I'll check them and see what 
phots loook like. 
 II> Considering several factors, including the fact that it is in the
 II> middle of a desert - almost no rain - and most of the erosion of the
 II> Sphynx and the Pyramids was obviously caused by thousands of years of
 II> rain, (including much HEAVY rain!), I tend to agree with you!  I feel
 II> that the chances that the Egyptians are nothing more than caretakers of
 II> those priceless objects, not their creators, is very high, though not
 II> totally certain.
I'm still waiting to make up my mind about the erosion story. So far I have 
only read of it publications where journalists write what they thoght 
scientists told them. I'll wait till I see an article written by an 
accredited scientist before I accept it.
-patrick 
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