Abou al-Hol, also known as the Great Sphinx of Giza, is a massive limestone statue located near the pyramids in Egypt. It has the body of a lion and the head of a man, believed to represent Pharaoh Khafre. The statue was carved around 2500 BCE and is about 73 meters long and 20 meters high. It is one of the oldest and most iconic monuments of ancient Egypt. The Sphinx remains a symbol of mystery, power, and the deep cultural heritage of the Egyptian civilization and 

Sphinx’s nose is famously missing, and its disappearance has sparked many theories.

The most widely accepted theory is that the nose was deliberately destroyed sometime after ancient times. Historical records and sketches from the 1400s show the nose was already missing by then.