Land of the Pharaohs (Howard Hawks, 1955) - though in some ways less "epic" than, say, Ben-Hur , it also features a presence of physical scale and monumentality that I would liken to somewhat more modernist films (e.g., in keeping with outsiders' stories of Ancient Egypt, perhaps Kawalerowicz's Pharoah ).
... a collage quotation in search of a theme ...
“Generally speaking, art is part of an uneven global system, one that underdevelops some parts of the world, while overdeveloping others—and the boundaries between both areas interlock and overlap.” (Hito Steyerl, “ Art as Occupation: Claims for an Autonomy of Life ”)