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The Statue of Ramesses II is a colossal 3,200-year-old figure of Ramesses II, depicting him standing. It is 11 meters tall, made from red granite, and weighs 83 tons. [1] The statue was discovered in 1882, broken into six pieces, at Mit Rahina near ancient Memphis, Egypt, where it lay for several decades. [2]
Alabaster pedestal of Ramses II found in Antinoopolis. Ramses II's feet can be seen on top on the nine bows. The pedestal of Ramses II was found in Antinoopolis, El-Minya, Egypt. It is rectangular in shape and made of Egyptian alabaster. [5] The engravings found on three sides are carved using Bas-relief, which is indicative of the New Kingdom ...
The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II, now in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) [1] in Turin.
A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt's tourism and antiquities ...
Granite statue of Ramesses II from Thebes; Currently on display at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. The colossal statue of Ramesses II dates back 3,200 years, and was originally discovered in six pieces in a temple near Memphis, Egypt. Weighing some 83-tonne (82-long-ton; 91-short-ton), it was transported, reconstructed, and erected in ...
The statue portrays Ramses II seated, wearing a crown and a headdress with a cobra on top, as reported by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Archaeologists note that hieroglyphs on the upper part of the statue's back column detail Ramses' numerous titles and the dual crown signifies Ramses' joint rule over Upper and Lower Egypt ...
Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's antiquities ministry ...
Egypt was the dominant power in the region during the long reign of Merneptah's predecessor, Ramesses II, but Merneptah and one of his nearest successors, Ramesses III, faced significant invasions. The problems began in Merneptah's 5th year (1208 BCE), when a Libuan king invaded Egypt from the west in alliance with various northern peoples.