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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'
But it's now unclear whether Shelley ever saw the actual statue, or if he'd only heard a description. Records indicate the British Museum did not buy the Younger Memnon until 1821 — roughly ...
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Above the statue to Shakespeare in Poets' Corner is a small ... His grandfather was Sir Bysshe Shelley. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and published some Gothic-horror stories when he was quite ...