Divers working in the waters of Abu Qir Bay off Alexandria have pulled a colossal quartzite sphinx bearing the cartouche of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An excavated statue of Ramesses II. The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

Archaeologists from New York University have uncovered painted gold cartouches on all four cornerstones of a newly discovered ...

CAIRO -- The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities moved on Thursday the 3,200-year-old giant colossus of ancient Egyptian King ...

This statue of the Pharaoh Ramesses II was designed to show him as a beneficent ruler, a mighty warrior and a living god. It was erected in the Ramesseum - his mortuary temple, where the cult of ...

Despite a very shaky start, Ramesses II (reigned c1279 - 1212 BC) used diplomacy, a massive building program and endless propaganda to become the greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt's ...

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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 ...

Archaeologists uncovered the eight-foot-tall, six-ton monument to one of Egypt's greatest rulers miles away from its original home.