North Portico and Prostrate Colossus 1862
This image depicts the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II located on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor. The large fallen statue on the right is the Colossus of Ramesses II, which famously inspired the poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Originally, this statue stood approximately 17.5 meters (57 feet) tall before falling.
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