“Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs”

“Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,”

 

Statue of Ramses ll Prostrating Himself

 

Schist

New Kingdom, Dynasty 19

Egyptian Museum JE 38585

 

 

Stela with Priest Carrying the Barque of the

Deified Ramses ii in a Festive Procession

 

Limestone

New Kingdom, Dynasty 19

Egyptian Museum JE 8774

 

As leader, soldier and father

to his millions of subjects, it

was the pharaoh’s duty to build

temples dedicated to the gods.

Only he, or priest acting on

his behalf, could communicate

directly with the gods.

 

Ramses offers a “rebus” a collection of

images that form a word or phrase when

spoken aloud.* The statues, representing

Amun, Re-Horakhty, and a child, can be

read as “Ramses beloved Amun”

Done