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Long Attributed to Ramses II, This Block Painted 3 400 Years Ago Reveals the Power of the War Propaganda of the Pharaohs

The Metropolitan Museum of New York preserves a block of painted sandstone, discovered in Luxor in 1912, which depicts an Egyptian ruler trampling on the enemies of the Levant under his team. The museum's specialists have since attached him to a long earlier reign, after having given it to Ramses II. The chariot of the Pharaoh melts there on three men already pierced with arrows, while a last attempt to escape from the hoofs. The chariot of the …
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The Metropolitan Museum of New York preserves a block of painted sandstone, discovered in Luxor in 1912, which depicts an Egyptian ruler trampling on the enemies of the Levant under his team. The museum's specialists have since attached him to a long earlier reign, after having given it to Ramses II. The chariot of the Pharaoh melts there on three men already pierced with arrows, while a last attempt to escape from the hoofs. The chariot of the …

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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