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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'
according to The British Museum. Ramesses II was one of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom (circa 1550 to 1070 B.C.), which saw a resurgence in Egyptian traditions after a period of ...
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Egypt’s gem of a museum gears up for grand opening
CAIRO – Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts ...
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Ramesses II: 4 places in Egypt to visit in the pharaoh’s footsteps
And as his reign lasted around 66 years, one of the longest in Egyptian ... to an open-air museum, where you can see a number of remains, including the Colossus of Ramesses II, a 13-metre-high ...
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Twice as big as Paris’ Louvre, how Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to increase tourism
Nestled near the Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamen’s golden treasures, is preparing ...
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Unearthed ancient Egyptian statue not Ramses II but Psamtek I
A statue discovered in the mud on the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Heliopolis, is not Pharaoh Ramses II but King Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610 BC. Initially archaeologists ...