This sculpture was created over 3,200 years ago to commemorate the memory of Ramses II, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt. It belongs to a broader category of mortuary statues. The statue was found in his "Ramesseum" or mortuary temple. The statue is larger than life, standing over 10 feet tall and weighing over 9 tons and made completely out of stone. The statue is said to have an "animated" feeling about it, perhaps trying to portray a form of eternal consciousness. Ramses ruled during a time of prosperity and had a cult following for many decades after his death.
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