RAMESSES LOVED BY PTAH: The History of a Colossal Royal Statue

Recounts the dramatic history of the famed red granite colossal statue of Ramesses II now standing in Egypt's Grand Egyptian Museum. Thomas recounts the full history of the statue's creation and installation in the Great Temple of Ptah at Memphis during the reign of Ramesses II, its reuse by Ramesses IV, and the later history. Well illustrated in color.