Ancient Statues With Broken Noses

[John E Stewart]

Can anyone tell me why most of the ancient statues have broken noses?
Please respond via post or email.

Thank You,

Sincerely,

John E. Stewart, Jr.

[Temujin87]

Same reason a few of the Pharoahs had their faces removed from Public Documents
(Stelas)... defacing them was supposed to erase them from memory; much akin to
editting history books, artistic editting was often political, though tactily
inadequate.

[Peter Wingfield-Stratford]

In article <19781-36...@newsd-123.bryant.webtv.net>, John E
Stewart <JohnSt...@webtv.net> writes

Hi John
Maybe the statues just fell over or got pushed ???

I have been doing a research on Healing and Healthcare and medicine.
I havent come across anything mentioning this damage in my literature.

I'd be glad of a cross-post of anything that you get.

Remember many statues of saints got defaced during religious wars.
Many churches and cathederals suffered this way in France and Britain.

The Greek statues we have are fairly bashed up everywhere. I think
they got thus when the temples were used as mines for stone in times
after the gods lost their popular support. If you want a nice pediment
and its already got some god, just push it over and it probably breaks
off and saves you masonry labour ???.

Which era and source country are bothering you ??

--
Peter Wingfield-Stratford

[aj...@my-dejanews.com]

Hello

On the lighter side

Here is a site I found by accident one day. You might find it interesting

Nasal Deformity in Art

http://plasticsurgery4u.com/proceedure_folder/nasal_deformity_sphin2.html

ajae

In article <19781-36...@newsd-123.bryant.webtv.net>,

JohnSt...@webtv.net (John E Stewart) wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why most of the ancient statues have broken noses?
> Please respond via post or email.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John E. Stewart, Jr.
>
>

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[William Montgomery]

Egyptians rulers who for political or religous reasons fell out ot favor
with the new incoming rulers would have their names (cartouches)
chiseled off any monument or other documents refering to their reign.
Statues were also disfigured or destroyed, their tombs usurped and
funeral items intended for burial with deceased king taken.

[joseph and gary]

Peter Wingfield-Stratford <pet...@tobeistodo.demon.uk> wrote:

> In article <19781-36...@newsd-123.bryant.webtv.net>, John E
> Stewart <JohnSt...@webtv.net> writes

> >Can anyone tell me why most of the ancient statues have broken noses?
> >Please respond via post or email.
> >
> >Thank You,
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >John E. Stewart, Jr.
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You will have to check this with the pros but if i remember correctly
at least along the silk road the statues were defaced by the muslim
invaders -
joseph justice
cha-kaiseki chef

[Ellcs]

Then again sometimes it was just a nut who went crazy with a hammer like what
happened in Rome about 10 years ago.

http://member.aol.com/ellcs/elliott/elliott.htm

[ma...@flash.net]

I was once told that it had something to do with imprisoning "the
spirit", especially regarding the Egyptians, because of some
understanding of the breath of life/nasal...

[]{at N Dream]

From Kat:

In Ancient Egypt, it was believed the "seat of life" was represented by
the nose, and if broke off, you could destroy the ka of your enemy.

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