Ramesseum + the remains of the colossal statue of Rameses the Great. Weight 1000 tons. 57 1/2 ft. high. Fallen portion is head crown + shoulders.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1975-03-63-11-101
Description
Photograph: Ramesseum + the remains of the colossal statue of Rameses the Great. Weight 1000 tons. 57 1/2 ft. high. Fallen portion is head crown + shoulders. Shows ancient ruins of a building with columns, with the remains of an immense statue. From a photograph album containing 206 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943. With captions taken from a separate index volume. Photographs are portraits and scenes of interest associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943).
Campaigns
World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)
