The bust of Ramses II in the British Museum

The bust of Ramses II in the British Museum

The famous bust of Ramses II, found in the Temple of Ramses in Thebes, Egypt, 1813, is now in the Egyptian Gallery of the British Museum. The texture is granite, 2.6 meters high and weighs 7.2 tons. Ramses II was the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt. He reigned for 67 years (1279 BC -1213 BC). The round hole in the right arm is said to have been chiseled by the French during the Napoleonic period in an attempt to steal it.