I found this fact on Lostpedia ... 'The statue may be in reference to the poem "On a Stupendous Leg of Granite", by Horace Smith. The poem begins, "In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, / Stands a gigantic Leg". The poem refers to the fallen Ramesses II colossus near Luxor, Egypt. The poem is about the irony of power--and the end of powerful civilizations.'
Interesting reference to Egypt and Horace! And info on on Ramessess 2 on wiki says 'He is often regarded as Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt)'s greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh. [6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II#cite_note-putnan-5) His successors and later Egyptians called him the "Great Ancestor."[ citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)] Today he is often believed to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus). [7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II#cite_note-caesarea-6)'
As king, Ramesses II led several expeditions north into the lands east of the Mediterranean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean) (the location of the modern Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel), Lebanon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon) and Syria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria)). He also led expeditions to the south, into Nubia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia), commemorated in inscriptions at Beit el-Wali (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kalabsha#Beit_al-Wali) and Gerf Hussein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalabsha#Gerf_Hussein).
The early part of his reign was focused on building cities, temples and monuments. He established the city of Pi-Ramesses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses) in the Nile Delta as his new capital and main base for his campaigns in Syria. This city was built on the remains of the city of Avaris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaris), the capital of the Hyksos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos) when they took over, and was the location of the main Temple of Set (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_%28mythology%29).' Heres more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II


OH AND IF THAT HASNT CONVINCED YOU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ra...salehsalem.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ramsesreplicasalehsalem.jpg)
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Just to add , this is what the statue is like now with its originally four toed feet snapped off http://www.passagetravel.cn/lightbox/images/ramsesCol05.jpg

Interesting, man!
I was doing researchs on this egyptian subject right now, but I do believe it's not a Ramses' statue....unless Alpert IS Ramses and on the trip to take his dead body to the pyramid, his servants found a way in to the island through some fancy portal :confused:
It would be a crazy thing lol

Hmm there is a lot of connections with dead bodies in Lost, thnx for the input lostmoon. Anyone else agree with me?

You're welcome!
There are some some other threads about the statue being Anubis or Tawerel. You should check them out.