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Cambyses II took advantage of the pharaohs love for cats and used it to take over the Egyptian empire (Photo Credit : Paul-Marie Lenoir/Wikimedia Commons) When they began marching towards the city of Pelusium, several cats led the way, while the rest were held in the arms of Persian sol...
Now, it was one thing to build such statues, at an equally colossal cost, when the funds were being allocated by ancient kings and pharaohs.But if we're going to think about modern-day colossal statues, we need to reexamine more closely their role as social and political symbols, in orde...
Now, it was one thing to build such statues, at an equally colossal cost, when the funds were being allocated by ancient kings and pharaohs.But if we're going to think about modern-day colossal statues, we need to reexamine more closely their role as social and political symbols, in orde...