Upper Part of a Statue of Ramses II holding the Heka Sceptre.

This is one of 180 exhibits at the “Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs” exhibition currently at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

[Babs]

Beautiful light what great shot

[John Falconer]

@onewing
Thanks Babs. The presentation of the exhibition and the lighting and the black background was absolutely terrific.

[Kathy A]

Great exhibition, I enjoyed it

[bkb in the city]

Must be a fascinating exhibit

[haskar]

Beautiful statue and lovely lighting.

[Peter]

Beautifully captured in stunning detail John :)

[John Falconer]

@johnfalconer @kjarn @bkbinthecity @haskar @pcoulson
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. its A fabulous exhibition so if it ever comes near you please go.

[Oli Lindenskov]

Nice pic👍

[Dave]

Neat

[Susan Wakely]

Sounds an interesting exhibition.

[Laura]

Looks great.

[Mags]

Wonderful image of this statue!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely shot

[Bobbi C]

Nice shot.

[Carole Sandford]

Great image!

[Corinne C]

Wonderful capture. This looks like a wonderful exhibit!

[Shutterbug]

Amazing statue. Very nice capture of the details.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Awesome photo

[KWind]

Nice lighting and focus.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

My wife and I had the chance to see the King Tut exhibit this year. It was a tremendous experience too.

[Peter Dulis]

unique

[Dorothy]

Very powerful!

[Rick]

Cool.

[Valerie Chesney]

Great capture & beautiful lighting..

[John Falconer]

@mubbur @darchibald @wakelys @la_photographic @marlboromaam @ziggy77 @bobbic @carole_sandford @corinnec @shutterbug49 @365projectorgchristine @kwind @skipt07 @pdulis @illinilass @rickster549 @happysnaps
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. The lighting for my photos here was just the exhibition lighting. It was terrific.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Looks great.

[Fisher Family]

Lovely, you caught the detail really well!

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture

[Judith Johnson]

Beautifully captured

[CC Folk]

I remember hearing on my visit to Turkey and Ephesus that heads and faces were defaced by taking off the noses, lips or gouging the surface of the face. Several theories as to why.

[Islandgirl]

Great lighting!

[Beverley]

Wonderful capture…

[Cordiander]

Impressive. Great and good
receive.

[John Falconer]

@cordulaamann @beverley365 @radiogirl @gardenfolk @busylady @craftymeg @fishers @mittens

Thanks for commenting. I realise now that I have many more photos of these ancient objects that I haven’t posted!!!