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The hands, and the feet, lie nearby. Were it still standing, the Ozymandias colossus would tower 19 m (62 ft) above the ground, [3] rivalling the Colossi of Memnon and the statues of Ramesses carved into the mountain at Abu Simbel. A joint French-Egyptian team has been exploring and restoring the Ramesseum and its environs since 1991.
The Younger Memnon is an Ancient Egyptian statue, one of two colossal granite statues from the Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes, Upper Egypt. It depicts the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II wearing the Nemes head-dress with a cobra diadem on top. The damaged statue has since been separated from its upper torso and head.
The Egyptian account records Ramesses II's receipt of the Hittite peace treaty tablets on I Peret 21 of Year 21, corresponding to 10 November 1259 BC, according to the standard "Low Chronology" used by Egyptologists. [54] The treaty was concluded between Ramesses II and Ḫattušili III in year 21 of Ramesses's reign (c. 1259 BC).
The limestone block is about 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a double crown and a headdress topped with a royal cobra, Bassem Jihad, head of the mission's Egyptian ...
Statue of Ramesses II in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum during construction (November 2019) A replica of the Ramesses II statue stands on Orouba street in Heliopolis, Cairo The Statue of Ramesses II is a colossal 3,200-year-old figure of Ramesses II , depicting him standing.
27. The New Kingdom: The period of Ramses. 28. The New Kingdom: The period of Ramses. Princes and courtisans. 29. The Third Intermediate Period. The Saite period. The beginnings of Persian domination. 30. From the last Egyptian Pharaohs to Cleopatra. The Nectenebos, Alexander the Great, and the Ptolemy dynasty. A: Roman Egypt. B: Coptic Egypt.