Even CT scans are in on the act, used to reveal amulets hidden in mummies. Hear spears clash, arrows zip, lions leap, chariots thunder imagine the sting of sandstorms and experience the cut and thrust of the 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh.Ĭomputer-generated imagery, video, high-definition projection, surround sound, mood lighting and special effects underpin this exhibition.
He was obsessed with his legacy.Īt the Australian Museum, the story of Ramses the Great is a multi-sensory immersion that marries history with 21st-century technology.
He’s the kind of pharaoh who would have been pleased to have an exhibition named after him. He expanded national borders, brokered history’s first known peace treaty, and spearheaded the building of cities, temples and monuments – often repurposing others’ memorials with his own name! He had several royal wives and dozens of concubines and sired more children than possibly any other pharaoh (well over 100). Ramses & The Gold of the Pharaohs is a voyage around ancient Egypt in the time of one of its most celebrated pharaohs, Ramses the Great, who reigned from 1279-1213 BCE, the Third Ruler of the 19 th Dynasty.Ī military leader, warrior, and diplomat, Ramses II ruled for nearly 67 years, living to about 92. Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs: Statue of Ramses kneeling. What was Egypt like 3,300 years ago? You had to be there! And thanks to a new blockbuster exhibition at the Australian Museum, you can be.
