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The removable beard
For centuries, the Sphinx wore a long beard that ended up falling off at some point in its history.
The French archaeologist Vassil Dobrev affirms that the beard was not carved with the original sculpture, since when it came off, it did not damage the chin. Thus, the false beard would be added later, surely during the restoration project of Thutmose IV, in the fourteenth century BC (back when the hipster trend of growing a beard started). The remains of the beard of the Great Sphinx are currently preserved in the British Museum.
