A History of the World in 100 Objects
from the British Museum
Many BBC descriptions here..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sbrz7
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Tags: History 100 Objects 100 Objects NMA British Museum Canberra Australia exhibition 2017
Tags: History 100 Objects 100 Objects NMA British Museum Canberra Australia exhibition 2017
Tags: History 100 Objects 100 Objects NMA British Museum Canberra Australia exhibition 2017
Listen to BBC 4 story here..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads.rss
One of 100s he had made..
Must be a copy of the big one in the British Museum, the original is granite and weighed several tons.
Granite from Aswan. 20 tons towed across country.
See all of them here..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qg5mk
This statue of the Pharaoh Ramesses II was designed to show him as a beneficent ruler, a mighty warrior and a living god. It was erected in the Ramesseum - his mortuary temple, where the cult of Ramesses would continue for centuries. During his reign the annual Nile flood repeatedly reached ideal levels leading to good harvests and a period of prosperity in Egypt. Ramesses himself fathered 85 children with a number of queens during his 66-year reign.
Why was Ramesses II so successful?
Ramesses II is known as one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs - nine further pharaohs tried to emulate his success by taking his name. Although Ramesses was renowned as a warrior-king he suffered several military setbacks. Ramesses owed his reputation to his skills as a self-publicist - he erected more statues than any other Egyptian pharaoh. He even changed or added to the inscriptions on previous pharaohs' statues to glorify himself. This ensured that Ramesses was worshiped as a god for centuries after his death.
Tags: History 100 Objects 100 Objects NMA British Museum Canberra Australia exhibition 2017