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Published on: 2015-09-22
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Ramesses II, King of Egypt (1279-1213 BC) ascended the throne as the third king of the Nineteenth Dynasty at the age of twenty-five. In his sixty-seven year reign he probably built more temples and sired more children than any other Egyptian king. Today, he is popularly known as Ramesses 'the great'. One of the largest pieces of Egyptian sculpture in the British Museum, the upper part of the colossal statue of Ramesses II, also known as the ‘Younger Memnon', was perhaps the first piece of Egyptian sculpture to be recognized as a work of art by connoisseurs, who traditionally judged things by the standards of ancient Greek art. Weighing 7.25 tons, this fragment of his statue was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite, and shows Ramesses wearing the nemes headdress surmounted by a cobra diadem. The statue was retrieved from the mortuary temple of Ramesses at Thebes (the 'Ramesseum') by Giovanni Belzoni in 1816. Belzoni wrote a fascinating account of his struggle to remove it, both literally, given its colossal size, and politically. After its arrival in England and its acquisition, the Colossal Statue of Ramesses was to become among the most famous objects in the British Museum's Egyptian collection and is of significant historical interest. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the statue and contextual images, and including archival material relating to the British Museum's acquisition, this book tells the story of this magnificent artifact, discussing alongside the draw of colossal Egyptian sculpture, the history of the reign of Ramesses II and the nature of the statue's acquisition. ANCIENT EGYPT : Great Hymn to the Aten - SOFIATOPIA The translation of The Great Hymn to the Aten is part of my Ancient Egyptian Readings (2016) a POD ... British Museum - Ancient Egypt and Sudan The Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum houses an extensive collection of objects which illustrate the cultures of the Nile Valley from the ... Mummy - Crystalinks Mummies. The word 'mummy' is not of Egyptian origin but is derived from the Arabic 'mumiyah' which means 'body preserved by wax or bitumen'; This term was used ... British Museum - Wikipedia The British Museum is dedicated to human history art and culture and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection numbering some 8 million ... Ancient Egyptian Mummies - Crystalinks Ramesses II was originally buried in the tomb KV7 in the Valley of the Kings but because of looting priests later transferred the body to a holding area re-wrapped ... Memphis Egypt - Wikipedia Location. The city of Memphis is 20 km (12 mi) south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile. The modern cities and towns of Mit Rahina Dahshur Abusir Abu Gorab ... Le Live Marseille : aller dans les plus grandes soires ... Retrouvez toutes les discothque Marseille et se retrouver dans les plus grandes soires en discothque Marseille.
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