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. The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

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 ...

The colossus of ancient Egyptian King Ramses II is transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), about 2 km north the Great ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the upper half of a massive statue of Rameses II at Tel Faraon in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta. Evidence suggests the 2.2-metre, 5–6-tonne fragment was originally installed ...

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

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 ...

Ramesses II fought the Hittites and signed the world's first official peace treaty. He undertook an unparalleled building programme, had over one hundred children and reigned for 67 years. Did he ...

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 ...

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