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Updated: January 10, 2026

Thou wilt do nothing great here on earth, but at least Thou wilt leave many ruins. "Wouldst thou, then, O sovereign, venture to rear in our land Assyrian edifices and imitate a people which Egypt contemns and despises?" In spite of Sem's explanation, even now Ramses judged that the Assyrian palaces surpassed those of Egypt in beauty. But he so hated the Assyrians that his heart began to hesitate.

Bolesław Prus - The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt