Posted on 03/22/2005 11:28:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The remains of a colossal seated statue of Ramses II, thought to be about 13 metres tall and weighing 700 tons, have been discovered in a shanty area of the Upper Egyptian city of Akhmim, adjacent to the open-air museum. The lower part of the limestone statue is seated on a throne, to the right and left of which are figures of two of the pharaoh's daughters and princess- queens, Merit-Amun and Bint-Anath. The statue and the throne are carved from a single block and stand on a huge limestone base covered with carved hieroglyphic texts.
(Excerpt) Read more at weekly.ahram.org.eg ...
Alas, another collision of the arts with the hard sciences. ;')
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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