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Tom Metcalfe

The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

A large Egyptian bust of a pharaoh in a museum.

Name: The Younger Memnon

What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II)

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