Considered the "Great House" or the living embodiment of Horus on earth, the pharaoh was the bridge between the gods and humanity.
The 1-meter-wide nose was deliberately destroyed in 1378 AD by a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa’im al-Dahr, angered by peasants making offerings to the idol. The beard fragments (separate from the face) likely fell off during Roman restoration attempts. faraonsfinge