Statue of Ramesses II
c. 1250 BC · Resource
The colossal granite upper body of pharaoh Ramesses II, the 'Younger Memnon', from his mortuary temple at Thebes. Brought to England by Belzoni, it inspired Shelley's poem Ozymandias.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1250 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)