Colossus of Rameses II, Mit Rahina Museum, Memphis, Egypt.

The colossus of Rameses II in the open-air museum.

How do you think that this colossal statue of Ramesses II was moved here?

Several attempts were undertaken by various people to extract and turn over the colossus. But it was not until 1887 that A. H. Bagnold, a British army engineer, suceeded in raising the colossus and moving it to its current location. To do this, he used a system of pulleys and levers.

Imagine how challenging this was!

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Memphis, which was one of the most important capitals in Egypt. The remains of Memphis are currently housed in Mit Rahina, an open-air museum. There, inside a cement pavilion, stands the statue of King Ramses II, one of Egypt's most popular. Known to have had about 100 wives and hundreds of children. Ramses is idolized by the Egyptians.

The statue of almost 13 meters and 100 tons is without legs and, therefore, is lying on a surface of wood and surrounded by other smaller statues and objects of his reign.
The statue is a faithful portrait of Rameses and has his name engraved on his right arm, as my guide showed me.

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Its pair is the New Egyptian Museum (GEM) and stading on its feet.

This red-granite colossus was originally discovered in Memphis in 1820. It was restored in Cairo in 1954 and served as a beacon in the city's Bab Al-Hadid square for decades.

The government moved it to Giza for safekeeping in 2006, with Ramses II arriving safely in his new home, the GEM's nearly finished entrance atrium, in January 2018.

With cranes, jackhammers and makeshift fencing surrounding us, this encounter with the 39-foot-tall colossus peaceful is far from peaceful.

There are some pictures on this link:
A 'secret' tour inside the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum edition.cnn.com/travel/article/grand-egyptian-museum-secr... via @CNNTravel

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Taken in: مصر / السادس من اكتوبر / Saqqarah (show map)

Taken on: September 25, 2018

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