Egypt
- A Quiet, Safe Place For The Pharaoh?
Egyptian Gazette N.B. story will expire in the next few days on the above address The transport of the giant granite statue of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses II, from Ramses Square, downtown Cairo on August 25, 2006, where it stood for more than 50...
- Ramesses In Custody
Egypt Daily Star News There's a rather sad photograph on the above page, showing the statue of Ramesses II in its new location awaiting the construction of the new Grand Museum of Egypt (the most recent estimate for which I have seen is 2010). Here's...
- Stone Man Walking
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7096Summary of the Ramesses II twin of the Mit Rahina statue being moved from the square beside the railway station to a new and less polluted location in Giza. It has been unexpected but super to see the...
- Google Earth Tracks Journey Of Ramses
http://tinyurl.com/gddyw (int.iol.co.za) "Google Earth mapped the route for a colossal statue of ancient Egypt's powerful warrior king, Ramses II, from congested Cairo to a new home near the pyramids.Google Earth, owned by the world's top Internet...
- More Re Dry Run For Ramesses Statue Removal
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/806/eg2.htm"It took eight hours for a replica of the 125- tonne red granite statue of Ramses II to make its overnight journey from Tahrir Square to the planned Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking the Giza plateau. The move...
Egypt
Ramesses moving tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.html
The statue of Ramesses II will be moved tomorrow, on an Egyptian public holiday, from its over-polluted home and will be installed in its new Giza location on Friday: "Sayed Hamdan, a roving photographer, says he cannot imagine central Cairo without the statue of Ramses II. Hamdan is one of scores of locals who regret the relocation of the colossal structure later this month from the area where it has stood for more than 50 years. Arrangements are under way to move the statue from Cairo's main rail station to Egypt's Grand Museum near the Giza Pyramids on Friday."
See the above page for the full story.
- A Quiet, Safe Place For The Pharaoh?
Egyptian Gazette N.B. story will expire in the next few days on the above address The transport of the giant granite statue of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses II, from Ramses Square, downtown Cairo on August 25, 2006, where it stood for more than 50...
- Ramesses In Custody
Egypt Daily Star News There's a rather sad photograph on the above page, showing the statue of Ramesses II in its new location awaiting the construction of the new Grand Museum of Egypt (the most recent estimate for which I have seen is 2010). Here's...
- Stone Man Walking
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7096Summary of the Ramesses II twin of the Mit Rahina statue being moved from the square beside the railway station to a new and less polluted location in Giza. It has been unexpected but super to see the...
- Google Earth Tracks Journey Of Ramses
http://tinyurl.com/gddyw (int.iol.co.za) "Google Earth mapped the route for a colossal statue of ancient Egypt's powerful warrior king, Ramses II, from congested Cairo to a new home near the pyramids.Google Earth, owned by the world's top Internet...
- More Re Dry Run For Ramesses Statue Removal
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/806/eg2.htm"It took eight hours for a replica of the 125- tonne red granite statue of Ramses II to make its overnight journey from Tahrir Square to the planned Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking the Giza plateau. The move...