r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Remarkable-Pea4889 • 1d ago

Image Head of a statue of Ramses II found on Egyptian farm

Post image
1.5k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

34 comments sorted by

78

u/seth928 1d ago

Not many people today can say they got head from a Pharaoh

10

u/datazulu 1d ago

Some say it's not Pharaoh but it is.

3

u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

Pharrell

3

u/Wakkit1988 1d ago

Pharoahlatio.

24

u/Real_Independence877 1d ago

Kind of looks like they just placed it in a hole to get a money shot.

16

u/varnished_tadpole 1d ago

"I met a traveller from an antique land"

11

u/SirLoondry 1d ago

Ozymandias

7

u/Of_Dolos 1d ago

Who said: Two vast trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert.

7

u/varnished_tadpole 1d ago

Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies.

2

u/Glass-Toaster 1d ago

Now for the ladies, O.P.P. means something different

16

u/Certain_Drop_902 1d ago

Also, with the broken off nose.

8

u/Own-Internet-5967 1d ago

We have his mummy. We know what his nose looks like

3

u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

LoL homie looked like Cpl. Klinger from MASH

1

u/LastTreestar 13h ago

Is this one of the Jews that didn't "escape" Egypt??

11

u/an_older_meme 1d ago

I wonder if it was stolen and stashed there to launder it. It’s suspiciously clean for supposedly having just been discovered.

4

u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

Well, cleaning things is kind of the point of doing laundry

8

u/CitizenHuman 1d ago

Egyptian farms are probably littered in ruins

6

u/Gulf_Coast_21 1d ago

Fun fact: Ramses I was the villainous professional wrestler featured in the documentary film "Nacho Libre".

5

u/ZipTieTechnicianOne 1d ago

The man in gauze! Better return that slab.

3

u/Sith_Lord91 1d ago

“What’s your offer!?”

6

u/BoundlessMediocrity 1d ago

That's no way to get ahead

3

u/unluck_over9000 1d ago

return the slaaaaab

3

u/Ecto_88 1d ago

“So let it be written, so let it be done”

0

u/KingDartz 22h ago

“I send here by the chosen one”

2

u/Sir-Toaster- 23h ago

Look upon my work, ye mighty, and despair!

1

u/LastTreestar 13h ago

Wasn't it very common to behead and deface the statues from the previous king or ruler?

1

u/Accurate-Cost-8688 40m ago

Every time I see something like this, it makes me realize how much history is literally just sitting right beneath our feet. Awesome that the farmer reported it instead of trying to hide it.

1

u/Real_Independence877 1d ago

I'm pretty sure it will end up in a British Musium.

1

u/Real_Independence877 1d ago

Does the farmer get any cash for finding this? or is he expected to "donate" it or is there a law that states he must hand it over to the government?

1

u/Own-Internet-5967 16h ago

He got a free pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.

And yes, he must hand it over to the government. He cannot legally keep it