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This Ancient Egyptian Statue Of Ramesses II Is 3,300-Years-Old And Said To Have Inspired The Famous Poem Ozymandias By Percy Shelley
It was from ancient Thebes in Egypt. The statue is called the "Younger Memnon" and depicts the pharaoh Ramesses II. He ruled from 1279 to 1213 B.C. It is an 8.8-foot-tall broken head and torso of ...
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Episode 20 - Statue of Ramesses II
The upper body alone is about eight or nine feet (about 2.5m ... and our statue sat at the entrance to the second one. But magnificent though it is, this statue is just one of many - Ramesses ...
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Archaeologists discovered an ancient statue that may depict Ramses II
An curved arrow pointing right. Archaeologists announced they may have unearthed a massive statue depicting Pharaoh Ramses II. The discovery is located near the Pharaoh's temple ruins in Cairo ...
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The upper body alone is about eight or nine feet (about 2.5m ... and our statue sat at the entrance to the second one. But magnificent though it is, this statue is just one of many - Ramesses ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 20 - Statue of Ramesses II
Statue of Ramesses ... nine feet (about 2.5m) high, and it weighs about seven tons. This is a king who understood, as never before, the power of scale, the purpose of awe. Ramesses II ruled ...