EG - "Look on my Works, ye Mighty " Ozymandias statue found in mud

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Guardian:

Look on my works, ye mighty: Ozymandias statue found in mud
Archaeologists believe eight-metre statue found in Cairo slum
is of Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt in 13th century BC

Ozymandias (Percy Shelley)

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Ramses II (Wiki)

 

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Daily Mail, with lotsa pics, video, text, sidebars:

Giant 3,000-year-old statue of Pharaoh Ramses II found buried in
Cairo slum is hailed as 'one of the most important discoveries ever'