Egypt
- Object Biography #6: The Crown From A Colossal Statue Of Ramesses Ii (acc. No. 1783)
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, it seemed appropriate to highlight this magnificent fragment from a colossus of another monarch who celebrated 60 years on the throne. It comes from...
- Tv Review: Monster Moves - Rescuing Ramesses
Egyptology Blog (Mark Morgan) Monster Moves: Rescuing Ramesses was shown on Tuesday night (March 4th 2008) on channel Five in the UK. I was a bit apprehensive at first but the show turned out far better than I expected. The show told the story of the...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe 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,...
- 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...
- Rehearsing The Move Of Ramesses Ii
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=16790 "A replica of the statue of Ramses II, weighing 83 tons, went through its last “rehearsal” to substitute the original before it is moved to the new egyptian museum. The gigantic...
Egypt
Ramesses replica in place in Memphis, US
Daily Helmsman (Christina Holloway)
Trivia, but quite a nice story.
Trivia, but quite a nice story.
The statue of Ramesses the Great, which stood tall in front of the Pyramid for 13 years, is now greeting students on The University of Memphis campus.
The statue, a replica of the Ramesses the Great statue from Egypt, was placed on the edge of campus facing the Central parking lot Monday. Students took pictures of the statue as they walked past, and drivers took advantage of red lights, as they got a quick look of the new addition on campus.
- Object Biography #6: The Crown From A Colossal Statue Of Ramesses Ii (acc. No. 1783)
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, it seemed appropriate to highlight this magnificent fragment from a colossus of another monarch who celebrated 60 years on the throne. It comes from...
- Tv Review: Monster Moves - Rescuing Ramesses
Egyptology Blog (Mark Morgan) Monster Moves: Rescuing Ramesses was shown on Tuesday night (March 4th 2008) on channel Five in the UK. I was a bit apprehensive at first but the show turned out far better than I expected. The show told the story of the...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe 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,...
- 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...
- Rehearsing The Move Of Ramesses Ii
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=16790 "A replica of the statue of Ramses II, weighing 83 tons, went through its last “rehearsal” to substitute the original before it is moved to the new egyptian museum. The gigantic...