Video: A Century of Rameses at Carolina

Posted Nov 29, 2024
100 years can be measured in 10 decades, one century or, in Carolina's case, 22 Rameses. University Archivist Nick Graham takes a look at how Rameses became Carolina's mascot, with a reign that extends from Rameses I making his debut on November 8, 1924 all the way through Rameses XXII, who sits on the throne today.

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