The Ramesseum Colossus and Shelley's Inspiration

Divine intermediaries. Ramesses II commissioned many statues, some of which are among the largest ever quarried. From the halls of the Grand Egyptian Museum, to the bedrock of Aswan, we follow the King's development of a remarkable project. Colossal statues of the king, bearing distinct names and even their own priests, provided Ramesses' subjects with new intercessors between their world and the gods...

Logo: The statue "Ramesses, Beloved of Ptah," from the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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