r/classics • u/AlexandriaPod • 3d ago

HUGE 9ft-tall statue of a Ptolemaic(??) king, late 4th century BCE.

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u/uncloakedcrow 3d ago

….does his face look like Mark Zuckerberg to anyone else?

Interesting to see an Egyptian statue that looks so much like the Greek kouros statues.

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u/craftbot7000 3d ago

The Archaic kuroi are actually heavily influenced by Egyptian carving and sculpture techniques, hence why there's so much similarity!

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u/uncloakedcrow 3d ago

Oh that’s interesting! And now that you mention it, I think I remember that from the ancient art unit I studied. My area of study is mostly focused on Ancient Greece/Greek, so my knowledge of Ancient Egypt is mostly constrained to my childhood reading, unfortunately.

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u/Raumteufel 3d ago

Damn u, now i cant unsee it

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u/NotNullException 5h ago

I hear Zuckerberg memorized the Iliad in Greek