JJPS #Why Sphinx's Nose Cracked

# Why Sphinx's Nose Cracked Spinks, which are known as the guardians of pyramids are preserved pretty well. Although the tip of the nose and a portion of its philtrum are damaged. In fact, not just the Spinks, the tip of nose is the part where it gets damaged first for most of sculptures. dolhareubang which is designed to have flatter nose is relatively damaged less, but for the most of sculptures the tip of nose is the region where it gets damaged first. the structure of nose is consist with immobile bone, freely moving nasal septal cartilage and shaking wing cartilage for example, think of a fishing rod, the initial part is very stiff but as it goes towards the end, the rod bands/ if you press your nose with your finger like this, the shape changes and as soon as you take off your finger, the shape comes back. And because of this elasticity, human nose recovers well from outer forces. Hence, unlike the nose of sc...