Immortality in Stone

Every Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt sough to immortalise themselves in stone. Widely varying amounts of these statues survive depending on the reign involved, and how well it was remembered by later dynasties. In addition a great deal of the survival is down to luck. For example there is only one small statue of the Pharaoh Khufu who built the Great Pyramid.


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