Statue of Ramesses II, the 'Younger Memnon' From the Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, about 1250 BC. Ramesses II, who succeeded his father Sethos I in around 1279 BC and ruled Egypt for 67 years. Weighing tons, this fragment of his statue was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite. He is shown wearing the nemes head-dress surmounted by a cobra diadem.

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Statue of Ramesses II, the 'Younger Memnon' From the Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, about 1250 BC. Ramesses II, who succeeded his father Sethos I in around 1279 BC and ruled Egypt for 67 years. Weighing tons, this fragment of his statue was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite. He is shown wearing the nemes head-dress surmounted by a cobra diadem.

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