Statue of Ramesses II
Colosal estatua de Ramsés II en Menfis
- Date
- c. 1820 · confidence low
- Place
- Memphis (Mit Rahina), Giza, Egypt
- Credited to
- Giovanni Battista Caviglia
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
12-metre limestone colossus of Ramesses II found among the ruins of Memphis, capital of pharaonic Egypt, in excavations associated with archaeologist Giovanni Battista Caviglia.
What it led to
- Boost to 19th-century Egyptian archaeology
- Public display of the statue at Memphis for over a century
- 2018 relocation to the Grand Egyptian Museum