Jun 27, 2019
Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
The most common question that curator Edward Bleiberg fields from visitors to the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries is a straightforward but salient one: Why are the statues’ noses broken? (If you don’t want to read the entire article, which is fascinating, we’ve highlighted the answer to the question in blue and red.)
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Written…
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