The And The Roles Of A Pharaoh

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Rameses ' Colossals
And the Roles of a Pharaoh
What do Rameses ' 4 colossal statues tell us? What was Rameses trying to demonstrate to the world with their imagery and design? Rameses could have been telling us anything. What is certain that not only the 4 colossal statues of the Great Pharaoh himself, but the surrounding statues and images combined depict the three most important roles of a pharaoh.
Before the statues can tell us about the roles of a pharaoh, we first have to know what they are. The roles of a pharaoh are a bit different then what we would typically see in modern monarchs. 'Lord of Two Lands ', pharaoh is the ruler of both Upper and Lower Egypt, Joshua Mark wrote that he "made the laws, owned all the land in Egypt, collected taxes and made war or defended the country against aggression" (Mark, Pharaoh). After knowing what the tile means, that is an role you would expect from any ruler or King, it just had a fancy name to it in ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh was also the 'High Priest '. Being the representation of the Gods on Earth, it was Pharaoh role to preform rituals. Not only rituals, Mark also wrote that it was Pharaohs "duty to build great temples and monuments and paying homage to the Gods of the land" (Mark, Pharaoh). Now monuments to God and "rituals" of some kind could be seen today, but with the exception of Henry VIII, church and state are usually separated.
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Lastly a pharaoh is the 'Father of the Land '. A pharaoh represents the God Ra on
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