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Limestone boundary stela of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. The king smites his enemies before the god Seth (also written Set). From Wadi Sannur, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c. 1250 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 02). Stela of Ramesses II. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3474/stela-of-ramesses-ii/
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