During the 2000BC – 1000BC period (BBC, 2014a), also known as the 19th Dynasty (The British Museum, 2017a) in Egypt, Statue of Ramesses II was made, it is a stone monumental statue of the head and upper body of the ruler Ramesses with only the head and the upper body. It was found in Africa, specifically in Thebes, Egypt (BBC, 2014a), also known as Upper Egypt or Ramesseum (The British Museum, 2017a) in the past. The statue was made with different colors, which are the two shades of brown (light and dark) and grey. Furthermore, red granite and granodiorite (The British Museum, 2017a) were materials of this statue. Overall, the Statue of Ramesses II resembled a look of a royal pharaoh; however, there are some broken and damage pieces, for instance,
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Ramesses II ruled Egypt for 66 years (BBC, 2014b), it was one of the exceptional period of Egyptian success and majestic power. He was fortunate – he lived more than 90 years of age, he was a father of 100 children (BBC, 2014b). During his ruling period, there were good harvests because of the Nile River flood and it was a thriving time in Egypt (The British Museum, 2017b). In 1279BC (BBC, 2014b), Ramesses was crowned emperor. He defended and overcame nine other pharaohs from his success. Throughout the times, Ramesses did experienced many difficulties. However, from the self-promotions Ramesses did, it lead him having more statues than any other Egyptian pharaoh (The British Museum, 2017b; BBC, 2014a). For instance, numerous other Egyptian pharaoh’s statues were changed to commend himself. This guaranteed Ramesses was worshiped as a divine for a considerable length of time after his …show more content…
The size of the statue is approximately 266.8cm by 203.3 cm (BBC, 2014a; The British Museum, 2017a) and it weighed approximately seven tons (BBC, 2014b). The original statue weighed approximately three times that weigh, it weighed 20 ton (BBC, 2014a), which is about 36 African elephants. Throughout the time, Statue of Ramesses II was imitated more than once; it represented the different views of power seen by the officials and priests (BBC, 2014b). This represented how powerful this emperor was, it was never seen before by
Ramesses II ruled Egypt for 66 years (BBC, 2014b), it was one of the exceptional period of Egyptian success and majestic power. He was fortunate – he lived more than 90 years of age, he was a father of 100 children (BBC, 2014b). During his ruling period, there were good harvests because of the Nile River flood and it was a thriving time in Egypt (The British Museum, 2017b). In 1279BC (BBC, 2014b), Ramesses was crowned emperor. He defended and overcame nine other pharaohs from his success. Throughout the times, Ramesses did experienced many difficulties. However, from the self-promotions Ramesses did, it lead him having more statues than any other Egyptian pharaoh (The British Museum, 2017b; BBC, 2014a). For instance, numerous other Egyptian pharaoh’s statues were changed to commend himself. This guaranteed Ramesses was worshiped as a divine for a considerable length of time after his …show more content…
The size of the statue is approximately 266.8cm by 203.3 cm (BBC, 2014a; The British Museum, 2017a) and it weighed approximately seven tons (BBC, 2014b). The original statue weighed approximately three times that weigh, it weighed 20 ton (BBC, 2014a), which is about 36 African elephants. Throughout the time, Statue of Ramesses II was imitated more than once; it represented the different views of power seen by the officials and priests (BBC, 2014b). This represented how powerful this emperor was, it was never seen before by