In vol. 2, page 157 of the Wien edition, al-Maqrizi clearly states that the face, including the nose and ears, of the Great Sphinx of al-Jizah (Giza) was demolished by a sufi from the khanqah (sufi monastery) of Sa`id al-Su`ada, called Sa'im al-dahr (meaning He who perpetually fasts"; i.e., an extremist), in 1378 C.E./780 A.H.