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 ...
Most Pharaohs built monuments to themselves, but Ramses II did something unheard of. At the southern edge of Egypt, he carved a second, smaller temple for his favorite wife, Nefertari—showing her the ...
The discovery of a long-missing fragment of a colossal statue of King Ramses II has closed a chapter that had been left hanging for nearly a century. Archaeologists have finally reunited the upper and ...
Fresh from its triumph in Tokyo, the Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition has now opened in London, reports Nevine ...
Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold is, let’s not shy away from it, a profit-seeking exhibition mounted by an entertainment ...