Uraeus disappeared from the Sphinx's forehead

Uraeus disappeared from 

the Sphinx's forehead

This Sphinx of Hatshepsut depicts the powerful female pharaoh as its protector with the body of a lion and the head of a man alongside Uraeus the pharaoh's ornament signifying Wadjet's protection and strengthening the pharaoh's claim to Uraeus's territories Wadjet one of the ancient Egyptian deities is often depicted as a cobra in this aspect she is shown wearing Uraeus Given her separate cult importance from other Egyptian gods she is known as Nebti or the two goddesses who became the joint protectors and patrons of a unified Egypt The loss of Uraeus on the Sphinx's forehead due to multiple invasions of Egypt is a recurring event.

The Hyksos a tribe from the Levant conquered Lower Egypt bringing chariots and bronze weapons and were repelled by Pharaoh Ahmose I Crusader invasions were a series of attacks on Egypt between 1163 and 1169 each with different goals and consequences ranging from conquest for control of trade routes to cultural alterations Between 525 BC and 341 BC. the Achaemenid Empire conquered Egypt and incorporated it as a province of Persia

Sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut made during her joint reign with Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

The disappearance of the Uraeus a symbol of strengthening power on pharaohs' ornaments such as the bronze sphinxes of Thutmose III, Sphinx Amenemhat III, Sphinx of Hatshepsut, and the Sphinx Tanis originally believed to have been built by Pharaoh Amenemhat II of the 12th Dynasty with inscriptions of several pharaohs such as Pharaoh Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty and Shoshenkh I carved over it is noteworthy The Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian pink granite sculpture discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Amun-Ra in Tanis the capital of Egypt The Sphinx of Memphis however remains of unknown patronage and has no inscriptions