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EGYPT’S PAST – IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE

Once upon a time – here stood – at the Ramessuem on the West Bank in Luxor – a statue of Ramses II. When the 69 feet statue, weighing more than 1,000 tons, yes 1000 tons,  fell, it broke into … Continue reading

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RAMSES II – CAN HE GET EVEN TALLER?

The photo I posted a few days ago of a statue of Ramses II at Karnak Temple in Luxor  made him look like a giant. But it is a small giant compared to the statues he had built of himself at Abu Simbel, in … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – WAS RAMSES II REALLY THAT TALL?

………….OR ARE THESE TOURISTS  MIDGETS ? This Statue of Ramses II is standing at Karnak Temple. The small statue between his legs is his son. More from Egypt soon Brigitte

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Ramesses II Visiting Paris

You don’t have to be alive when you visit Paris – but you have to be a pharaoh, and not just any pharaoh – but Ramesses the Great Regarded as the most powerful pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, he ruled for more than sixty years (1279 … Continue reading

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