Majestic discovery in Egypt is basically straight from a 19th century sonnet

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"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

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This famous line is from a 1818 sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley entitled "Ozymandias," which talks about the remains of a huge statue in the desert depicting a once-proud king, Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. 

Now, another massive statue of the pharaoh, also known as Ramses the Great, has been found submerged in groundwater in the Cairo working-class area of Matariya, among uncompleted buildings and mud. 

Egyptian workers prepare to lift parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed.

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