What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian ... poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to write the poem "Ozymandias" — the Greek ...

Ramessess II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly’s ‘Ozymandias’ In 1930, German archaeologist Günther Roeder unearthed the lower half of an enormous statue depicting pharaoh Ramesses II, also ...

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the upper half of a towering statue of Ramses II, cracking a century-long mystery. Found in the ancient city of ...

The findings, published in the journal Revue d’Égyptologie, add to the lore of Ramesses II, also known as Ozymandias and one ... up important monuments and statues of himself.

CAIRO, April 21 (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago ...

The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry denied that rainfall affected the statue of King Ramses II at the Great Lobby of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Social media and other networking websites have ...

ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramesses II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly's "Ozymandias." In 1930, German archaeologist Günther Roeder unearthed the ...

The statue, depicting the head of King Ramses II, was originally part of the temple complex in the ancient city of Abydos, located in Southern Egypt. It is believed to have been stolen from this ...