Many of his treasures and his coffin can now be admired in Cologne.Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain. But you can afford to be vain when you're a pharaoh, the ruler and protector of ...

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II — the most powerful pharaoh of the era — was set down in a mud hut somewhere in the Nile Delta.

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

A joint Egyptian-US archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a massive statue of King Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs. The find was made during excavations ...

THE MYSTERY surrounding King Tutankhamun's death has deepened following a new shocking revelation about a 'cursed relic'. The ...

King Tutankhamun’s death mask may reveal new secrets, as experts suggest it was originally crafted for a queen or child.

Carter discovered the steps leading to his burial chamber on Nov. 4, 1922, in the wind-swept Valley of the Kings at Luxor, ...

Who is Pharaoh Ramses II, the Great? According to history and the book, Ramesses II: Pharaoh of Glory by Kenneth Kitchen, Pharaoh Ramesses II ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BCE. He was one of ...

as the king was subjected to a damnatio memoriae, a persecution of his memory, a few decades after his death. For the following dynasty – particularly from Ramses II onwards – he was ...

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