^^ Interesting.
Maybe Ramses II wanted to be remembered a certain way and so ordered that his image be portrayed as that depicted in the statues and paintings? It's not unusual for those in power to comission artists to portray them romantically (or in a bulls**t way) rather than realistically.
Regardless, everyone who gets the chance to visit Egypt should do so. Seeing the pyramids, the sphynx, the temples at Luxor, the treasures in the Egyptian national museum with your own eyes. It's really something.
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