Ramesses II
The colossal granite statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, known as the "Younger Memnon", currently located in the British Museum, London.
- The statue is a fragment, consisting of the head and upper torso, from one of a pair of colossal statues that originally flanked the entrance of the Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes, Upper Egypt.
- Carved from a single block of two-colored granite, the fragment weighs approximately 7.25 tonnes.
- The hole visible on the right shoulder is reportedly the result of an unsuccessful attempt to remove the statue by Napoleon's expedition in the late 18th century.
- Its arrival in England in 1818 is widely believed to have inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley's famous poem, "Ozymandias".
Ramesses II
The colossal granite statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, known as the "Younger Memnon", currently located in the British Museum, London.
- The statue is a fragment, consisting of the head and upper torso, from one of a pair of colossal statues that originally flanked the entrance of the Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes, Upper Egypt.
- Carved from a single block of two-colored granite, the fragment weighs approximately 7.25 tonnes.
- The hole visible on the right shoulder is reportedly the result of an unsuccessful attempt to remove the statue by Napoleon's expedition in the late 18th century.
- Its arrival in England in 1818 is widely believed to have inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley's famous poem, "Ozymandias".