Divers working in the waters of Abu Qir Bay off Alexandria have pulled a colossal quartzite sphinx bearing the cartouche of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

The colossus of ancient Egyptian King Ramses II is transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), about 2 km north the Great ...

Archaeologists uncovered the eight-foot-tall, six-ton monument to one of Egypt's greatest rulers miles away from its original home.

An immersive exhibition dedicated to Ramses II, the third king of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty, is now officially open in London. Featuring 180 artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, “Ramses and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An excavated statue of Ramesses II. The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the remains of an ancient temple belonging to King Ramses II. Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities says that the discovery was made by an Egyptian-Czech mission in ...

The artifact was unearthed under the floor of a Coptic structure in 2009, though its owner remained a mystery. From its decoration, researchers were only able to pinpoint that it had been used to ...

Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold has a new part of its exhibition this summer, with tickets out now. (contains affiliate links) ...

For anyone who studies ancient Egypt—and even many who don’t—the name Ramses II looms large. Also known as Ramses the Great and Ozymandias, this New Kingdom pharaoh embodies many modern perceptions of ...