These two enormous feet are from the colossal statue of Ramses II at his memorial temple, now called the “Ramesseum” (Source: Hieroglyphica on Facebook).
“And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my words, ye Mighty, and despair!’”
The collapsed statue provided the inspiration for the poem ‘Ozymandias’ by Englishman Percy Shelley – via Hieroglyphica.
Unfortunately they have recently been moved up on to a plinth above head height & are far less obvious. I have a recent photo if you want a copy?
That would be great, thanks
Compressed version attached. Spent ages walking round looking for them before coming back down the ramp & seeing them, they looked so much smaller