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Can you give a couple of cites for this, I've never heard of it before and I'm curious, thanks

https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/iconoclasm-of-the...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/28/the-darkening-... [Note: this article accepts as factual late-Christian exaggerations of Roman persecution.]

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-egyptian-statu... [Note: this article confuses details about worship of Amun.]

None of your links are to actual scholarship on Christian treatment of pagan infrastructure. If a person asks for a citation about a historical claim, it’s polite to point to something from a university press, instead of mere popular-journalism articles which are hardly more trustworthy than an HN comment.

Scholars know how to do their own searches. Popular articles are more accessible to the people who need the help.

One reason I've read is that people (graverobbers?) were superstitious and afraid of statues, and breaking the nose off meant it couldn't 'breathe' and thus had no more life force:

https://suzannelovellinc.com/blog/where-did-egyptian-statues...

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