What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also ... indicating that the granite carving may have been painted in ancient times, according to The British Museum.

The largest Egyptian pyramid ever built was Pharaoh ... This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic, Hieroglyphs and ancient ...

Each piece, including huge royal busts carved in granite and the gold necklaces ... “They are telling the history of ancient ...