Egypt's Ramses Gets a New Home Among Pyramids

VOA ^ | Aug. 25, 2006 | Leslie Boctor

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Onlookers crowded along the street around the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II which was surrounded by a convoy including 1,500 soldiers, during the final leg of its journey

The giant statue of Pharaoh Ramses II is moved Friday Aug 25, 2006, from a congested downtown square to its new home near the more peaceful Great Pyramids

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The massive statue of Ramses II passes close to the great pyramids in Giza during the end of its journey from the polluted city to a spot near the Pyramids and closer to its original site. Hundreds of thousands of people have lined Cairo's streets to bid farewell to one of the metropolis's landmarks as the colossal statue of Ramses II completed its journey.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)

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The Pharaoh Ramses II statue, suffering from the ravages of pollution, stands in downtown Cairo, in this June 28, 2006 file photo. The giant statute of Pharaoh Ramses II began being moved early Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 from a congested downtown square to a more serene home near the Great Pyramids, in a bid to save it from damaging pollution and traffic gridlock. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

In its location prior to this move.

[RightWhale]

over the past 54 years a concrete jungle had grown up around him

It's not the jungle of concrete, but the lack of recorded property titles that keeps this country from emerging from third world existence. A huge, industrious population stymied forever. They are as capitalist as they come, yet do not have second order capitalism, the secret of the West.

[FairOpinion]

Another pre-move ph9oto:

Buses drive past the Pharoah Ramses II statue, suffering from the ravages of pollution, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, in this June 28, 2006 file photo. The giant statute of Pharaoh Ramses II began being moved early Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 from a congested downtown square to a more serene home near the Great Pyramids, in a bid to save it from damaging pollution and traffic gridlock. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

[PzLdr]

"Ramses is maybe our last thing to be proud of. Since Ramses, we didn't really do much"...

Islam will do that to you.

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"I used to come to sit at the Everest Hotel in the square, right in front of this statue, only to look at it," he recalled. "Ramses is maybe our last thing to be proud of. Since Ramses, we didn't really do much."

Haha! He was impressive, but don't sell yourself short.

[Cobra64]

"Ramses II was one of ancient Egypt's most impressive, and prolific, pharaohs."

Known by millions of men and women all over the world.

[sheik yerbouty]

I believe a condom was named after him..

[PzLdr]

He was a Trojan?? I though he was Egyptian!!

[Finalapproach29er]

False Gods and graven images; so crap, different millenium......

They never change.

[Gorzaloon]

Known by millions of men and women all over the world.

I just KNEW that was coming....

errrrr...

Never mind...

[Duffboy]

Ramses and Anwar Sadat....there's a pair of aces!

[SunkenCiv]

I wouldn't have touched that joke with a ten foo- uh, forget it...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

Here are links to photos of a basically identical (and contemporary) statue, still laying in the pit where excavated in ancient Memphis, the source of the one just moved from Cairo to Giza:

http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa9/cwa9.htm

http://www.alovelyworld.com/webegypt/htmgb/egy07.htm

http://www.ianandwendy.com/slideshow/OtherTrips/Egypt/Cairo/Sakkara/picture20.htm

http://www.kenseamedia.com/quick/mempic.htm

Slide show and story on the moving of the Ramses II statue:

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/25/egypt.africa.ap/index.html

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/world/0608/gallery.ramses.statue/frameset.exclude.html

related:

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/classicalarch/images1/ramesses.jpg

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[yarddog]

I did a little research on Ramses the great maybe a year ago. I was surprised to learn he had red wavy hair. At first they thought because his hair had been dyed with henna, that it had been changed from his natural color but it turned out it was red to start with.

Scientsts who studied his hair roots, using an electron microscope said they are certain about it.

Makes one wonder just who the ancient Egyptians really were. Of course Ramses might have been from a different race than the average Egyptian.

I bet if they show him in a modern movie he will be portrayed as Black.

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops.

This link:

http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa9/cwa9.htm

Shows the statue that got moved. I just plastered the link into the wrong spot. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Dustbunny]

Excellent they moved it, it belongs with the pyramids.