Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the ...

Sea Peoples, groups of aggressive seafarers, were defeated by Ramesses III in 1178 BC when a tribe attempted to invade the country. Archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

"The Ekwesh warriors were not depicted by the Egyptians in the wall reliefs of Medinet Habu, because they did not participate ...

Ramses III smites his enemies in this detail from the Great Court. To the right of the column, near the palm tree, stands a 50-foot-high statue of Ramses II. To the east are the ruins of the ...

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The main attempts of invasion occurred in year five of Merneptah and year eight of Ramesses III, when two different coalitions confronted the Egyptian army in the Nile Delta. Although both coalitions ...

Alamy Ramses III's troops fighting the Sea Peoples in the Nile Delta "The foreign countries made a conspiracy in their islands. All at once the lands were removed and scattered in the fray.

Reconstruction of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu (Photo courtesy of Rosemary Robertson) AMMAN — Due to its geographic location, Cyprus played a significant role in trade during ...