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

More than 2,000 decomposed ram skulls unearthed in a newly discovered warehouse in the temple of the ancient pharaoh Ramses II will help archeologists uncover more details about one of the oldest ...

Read about the story behind the Temple of Ramses II, a monolithic monument built by ancient Egypt's most powerful ruler. The monuments to Ramses II have weathered centuries—and a major relocation.

Ramses II reigned for an astonishing 67 years beginning in 1292 B.C., ... with the monuments’ history also detailed. The first on view is a red granite head of Ramses, ...

On View Peek Inside Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II’s Trove of Statues and Treasures, Now on View in an Epic Exhibition in Paris. Many of the more than 180 objects have never left Egypt before.

Criterion (i): Several of the monuments included in property are unanimously recognised as masterpieces of the human creative spirit, such as the temples of Abu Simbel, carved out of the rocks by ...

Ramses II's cedar coffin Merytat3n via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4 ... The king even added his name to monuments built before his rule. Ramses’ death in 1213 B.C.E. left a layered ...

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.

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.