Ramses II. Many of his treasures and his coffin can now be admired in Cologne.

Thousands of ram skulls were unearthed in an ancient Egyptian pharaoh's temple in one of the country's oldest, most significant cities of its time.

Everywhere in Egypt has a monument to Ramses II. He extended the temples of Luxor and Karnak by constructing beautiful hypostyle halls, pylons, obelisks and colossi.

It’s as if the Discovery Channel set up shop in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the pharaoh Ramses II and ancient Egyptian culture. It’s a show complete with large-scale videos, drone ...

Ramses II’s Long-Lost Sarcophagus Has Finally Been Identified An Egyptologist recently concluded that a fragment of an overlooked granite coffin bears the great pharaoh’s name ...

Read about the story behind the Temple of Ramses II, a monolithic monument built by ancient Egypt's most powerful ruler.

This consolidation led to an unparalleled building of cities and monuments—often to himself. Ramses’s progeny was also vast, he’s estimated to have fathered more than 100 children.

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which ...

The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II was the most famous king of ancient Egypt, building the greatest architectural monuments and erecting monuments all over the country. Ramses the Great has ...