Why Do So Many Egyptian Statues Have Broken Noses?
The computer geniuses here at Hacker News have decided the main argument of this article are wrong. But among archaeologists ritual defacement is understood to be a regular thing that happens to art all over the world.<p>Roman coins defaced: <a href="https://www.coinsweekly.com/en/Defacing-the-past-damnation-and-desecration-in-imperial-Rome/4?&id=4384" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinsweekly.com/en/Defacing-the-past-damnation-a...</a><p>Teotihuacan icons demolished and destroyed by fire: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/teotihuacan-pyramids-treasures-secret-de-young-museum-san-francisco" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/teotihu...</a>