[ptsal]

Seems like there is a story about Napoleon having a similar urge when he was in Egypt.

Practicing marksmanship, it's a boy thing to do.

[Sans-Culotte]

Seems like there is a story about Napoleon having a similar urge when he was in Egypt.

And it's a myth. The French did not use the Sphinx for target practice. There are drawings of it that predate the Egyptian Campaign and it looked the same then as it does now.