rameses

In our wildest dreams, none of us could ever hope to reach the level of significance of Rameses II.

Thus the underlying dynamics latent in human organization are precisely those that proved successful from Rameses to Cesar to Napoleon to Hitler..

The Ozymandias referred to in this poem is the Greek name of Rameses II.

We know a _lot_ about Rameses 2, we've even got a fair few giant statues of him (even bigger than this one).

Are there 'somewhat-rare' Rameses II-era burial caves?

In the Cairo museum, you can also look into the eyes of the mummy of Rameses II himself and give him the finger on behalf of Moses, and Percy Shelley.

(I guess he won, right?) Anyway, they picked that as a topic to honor a new museum exhibit of the Younger Memnon statue of Rameses II.

So between the two of them and ol' Rameses II, we're almost all primed to scare the crap out of Laurel and Hardy with Universal Pictures monster movie staples: Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and the Mummy.

In terms of reaching the pinnacle of success, Rameses did it: famous, powerful, rich, huge family, beloved by everyone around him, long life, etc.

The article "Rameses II and the tobacco beetle" (PC Buckland, E Panagiotakopulu Antiquity, 2001) has a more probable take.

Note that the European world at large obviously already knew the name Rameses, which was key here.

Rameses's legacy did enjoy a brief revival in the West as a brand of condoms.

Allowing for the omission of vowels and the unknown letter, surely this was Rameses.