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
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Ramesses II (the Great) (1303 BCE)
- Zoroaster composes the Gathas (1100 BCE)
- Zoroaster (1200 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Bronze Age collapse (1200 BCE)