Remains of a once great imperial city
It really is sad. What once was the first great imperial city of ancient Egypt, is now reduced to a tiny open air museum. Founded about 3100 BC by king Menes (for those of you who don’t know their Egyptian history: this was the guy who united Upper and Lower Egypt), Memphis, Egypt‘s capital city during the Old Kingdom, still houses an great piece of ancient history. I mean that literally; the gigantic statue of Rameses II lies there, without legs, but still big enough to give a clear impression of how Rameses II saw himself. They actually built the building around the statue, because it was too large and heavy to transport…
The statue of Rameses II
The statue of Rameses II
Our guid’s history lesson…
The statue of Rameses II
The statue of Rameses II
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Amazing, the detail in Ramses’ statue so many thousands of years later!
I totally agree!
I am so impressed by the ancient Egyptians. What they did without any real tools and at what scale is just amazing!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!