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Column of Rameses II

From Nonno’s point of view!!

He took a picture of me taking a picture while we were in the British Museum πŸ˜‚ – I love it!!

Anyway, this is a red granite column that was originally inscribed for Rameses II π“©π“›π“ˆ˜π“„Ÿπ“‹΄π“‡“! Both of his cartouches can be seen throughout -(π“©π“›π“ˆ˜π“„Ÿπ“‹΄π“‡“) and (π“‡³π“„Šπ“§π“‡³π“‰π“ˆ–). Also his titles such as β€œLord of the Two Lands π“ŽŸπ“‡Ώπ“‡Ώβ€ and β€œLord of Appearances π“ŽŸπ“ˆπ“₯” can be seen on top of his cartouches.

This column was definitely usurped by another pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 at some point because some of the cartouches on this column don’t belong to Rameses II π“‡³π“„Šπ“§π“‡³π“‰π“ˆ–!

In the bottom of this picture you can see the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ for β€œLord of the Two Lands π“ŽŸπ“‡Ώπ“‡Ώβ€ very clearly!

I have always loved seeing the columns in museums because you can get a sense of the grand scale of the Egyptian monuments. Since I have never been to Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–, it’s nice to see just how grand their building was! I love the design of this column; the top looks like a flower 𓆸!

Cartouche for Rameses II (π“©π“›π“ˆ˜π“„Ÿπ“‹΄π“‡“).
Another side of the column!