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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'
What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh ... The pharaoh became so famous that ancient Egyptians honored Ramesses II long after his death, including with 2,000 mummified rams ...
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Nine cult Ancient Egyptian figures that pop up everywhere
The four colossal statues of the Egyptian king Ramses II at the entrance ... Four statues of Isis guarded Tutankhamun's own famous shrine. Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris (who we’ve ...
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Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...
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King Tut set to impress Londoners
The glistening treasures of King Tut, the popular name of the famous Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun, are fascinating a new generation of Londoners more than 25 years after the first exhibition was ...