For anyone who studies ancient Egypt—and even many who don’t—the name Ramses II looms large. Also known as Ramses the Great and Ozymandias, this New Kingdom pharaoh embodies many modern perceptions of ...
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In his most celebrated poem, published in 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley offers commentary on the ephemeral nature of power. Therein a traveler in an “antique land” comes upon “two vast and trunkless legs ...
The pharaoh left behind a monumental list of accomplishments. But his reluctance to pass the baton ultimately led to his dynasty’s collapse. The colossus pharaohThe head of Ramses II’s recumbent ...
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