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Liz Hobday

Pharaohs loom large in trove of ancient Egyptian wonder

Remnants of colossal pharaoh statues are among hundreds of ancient Egyptian artefacts going on show. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

Among the ancient Egyptian treasures going on show for the National Gallery of Victoria's winter blockbuster is an enormous stone fist.

The red granite hand weighs almost one and a half tonnes and would once have rested on the knee of a colossal statue of Ramses II, one of Egypt's most celebrated pharaohs.

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