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
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- Zoroaster composes the Gathas (1100 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Oracle bone script in use (1250 BCE)
- Rigveda compiled (1500 BCE)
- King David (1010 BCE)
- Zoroaster (1200 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- David captures Jerusalem (1000 BCE)