Ozymandias
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"Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner of London.
Shelley's "Ozymandias" in The Examiner
The statue fragment known as the Younger Memnon in the British Museum
1817 draft by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Bodleian Library
Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint
Ramesses II
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Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramesses II is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh o
Ozymandias
…Examiner of London. The poem was the result of a friendly competition between Shelley and fellow poet Horace Smith, using the subject of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, Ozymandias being the Greek name for the pharaoh Ramesses II. Both Shelley's poem and Smith's "Ozymandias" explore the ravages of time to which the…
The Younger Memnon (c. 1250 BC), a statue depicting Ramesses II, from the Ramesseum in Luxor (Thebes). Currently on display at the British Museum in London.
Ramesses II as a child embraced by Hauron (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)
A relief from Karnak showing Ramesses II giving offerings to his deified father Seti I, Great Hypostyle Hall
Color reproduction of the relief depicting Ramesses II storming the Hittite fortress of Dapur