3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 BC, and his giant head dominates this space from a gallery plinth ... although it would once have been even higher. "It's ...

The University of Manchester is hosting a day school to discuss the scientific study of ancient Egyptian mummies, which will include the question, was the great Pharaoh Ramesses II a true redhead?

Professor Joann Fletcher said in a new History Hit documentary: "This mask was not made for an ... One of the highlights of ...

And he gave us living legends: his son Seti I ushered in a period of art and culture unrivaled in later Egyptian civilization, and his grandson Rameses II earned the suffix "the Great" by building ...

And as the book was translated into a documentary, Blackmon served as the ... after Reconstruction and up to the beginning of World War II,” said producer/director Samuel Pollard.

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11.155.3a: 139.7 × 165.1 cm (55 × 65 in.); 12.186.2: 96 × 148.5 cm (37 13/16 × 58 7/16 in.); 11.155.3b: 111 × 258 cm (43 11/16 in. × 8 ft. 5 9/16 in.) ...

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Statue of Ramesses II (made around 1250 BC). Granite; found in Thebes, Egypt. "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" That was Shelley, writing in 1818 ...

Name: The Younger Memnon What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II) Where it is from: Ancient Thebes, Egypt When it was made: About 3,300 years ...