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Why did Ramesses II make so many colossal statues of himself?

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Ramesses IIWhat motivates a ruler to create a statue of himself? Or a towering statue of himself? Or dozens of towering statues of himself? In this Civilisations clip from BBC Two, English scholar Mary Beard discusses the legacy of Ramesses the Great (ca 1303–ca 1213 B.C.), the third pharaoh of the...

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