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Ramesses II

Upper half of colossal statue of Ramesses II of granite.

19th Dynasty, about 1270BC from Thebes

Ramesses II erected more statures on a colossal scale than any other king before or after him.
Amoung the finest of these were those situated in his mortuary temple known as the Ramesseum.

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