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Ramesses the Great is the ultimate icon of Ancient Egypt—a warrior king who ruled for 66 years and fathered over 100 children. But behind the towering statues and gold masks lay a shocking human reality. In 1976, his 3,000-year-old mummy was flown to Paris for the "autopsy of the century," revealing a man ravaged by a massive dental abscess, a debilitating hunchback, and the agonizing physical toll of living to the age of 90 in the ancient world.
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Ramesses the Great is the ultimate icon of Ancient Egypt—a warrior king who ruled for 66 years and fathered over 100 children. But behind the towering statues and gold masks lay a shocking human reality. In 1976, his 3,000-year-old mummy was flown to Paris for the "autopsy of the century," revealing a man ravaged by a massive dental abscess, a debilitating hunchback, and the agonizing physical toll of living to the age of 90 in the ancient world.
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