Tag: 19th Dynasty

• The Young Memnon, British Museum

  

  The Younger Memnon is one of a pair of colossal granite heads from the ancient Egyptian Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes. It depicts the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II wearing the Nemes head-dress and a circlet of uraei. The back pillar is inscribed with vertical registers of hieroglyphs giving the name and titles of the…

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  17/03/2020

  Ancient Egypt, Black and White Photography, Museums & Galleries

  19th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt, Museum, Photography, statue