He wrote: “In 1737 and 1738, Frederic Louis Norden travelled through Egypt and Nubia to make a report of them for King Christian VI, though neither man would live to see the publication of the resulting volume, ‘Voyage d’Egypte et de Nubie,’ in 1755.
“The volume is famous for depicting the Sphinx for the first time without its nose and in a realistic style.
“But for fringe historians, the volume is also interesting because of the mistakes Norden made.
“In 1757, Norden’s text was translated into English and published under the title ‘Travels in Egypt & Nubia’.
Giza Plateau on the outskirts of Cairo (Image: GETTY)