Colossal find (Ramses II statue at Akhmim)

Al-Ahram Weekly ^ | 12 - 18 August 2004, issue #703 | staff writer

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Alas, another collision of the arts with the hard sciences. ;')

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Luckily, not all of those marriages were conjugal, and this practice has deeper roots than just the 19th dynasty. :'o Of course, there's probably an official denial (led by Zahi Hawass) that any of those marriages were anything but symbolic.

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A colossus is an effigy of the King that is buried or burned along with the King's body at death. It symbolizes the dual nature of the King's existence, both sacred and pure.

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(saw this for sale at Meijer the other night)

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