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A painting at Abu Simbel shows Ramses II beating war captives. Here Ramses exaggerated his size—and possibly his heroic feats.

— From "Ancient Egypt—Towering Treasures of Ramses," November 1998, National Geographic World magazine
Richard T. Nowitz
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