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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

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The " Younger Memnon " is an 8.8-foot-tall ( 2.7 meter ) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt .

It depicts the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II , also called Ramesses the Great , who ruled from 1279 until 1213 B.C. The statue has traces of red, indicating that the carving may have been painted in ancient times.