Ramses II faced deep personal loss with the deaths of his eldest sons, Prince Ramses and Khaemwaset. Prince Ramses was buried in the Valley of the Kings, while Khaemwaset, revered as a high priest ...

Following his victory in Nubia, Ramses II turned west to subdue the Libyans, who had long troubled Egypt’s western borders. Accompanied by Queen Nefertari, Ramses crushed the Libyan tribes and ...

Solving a long-standing mystery, the sarcophagus of Ramses II has finally been identified based on a piece of granite discovered in Abydos, Egypt… in 2009. Recent analyses of the enigmatic fragment by ...

New hieroglyphic analysis reveals Ramses II’s lost sarcophagus, solving a historic mystery and revealing insights into ancient Egyptian burial practices.

There may have been 11 other pharaohs named Ramses, but “ Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs,” a recently opened show in Paris demonstrates the pharaoh who acquired semi-godlike status in his ...

Ramses II ruled for 70 years and had 100 children. Egypt paid the price. The pharaoh left behind a monumental list of accomplishments. But his reluctance to pass the baton ultimately led to his ...

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.

Bronze sword marked by Pharaoh Ramses II, known as "Ramses the Great." Egypt Ministry of Culture and Tourism Archaeologists found a temple in 2017 dedicated to the pharaoh in the Badrashin area in ...

The traveling exhibition "Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs" goes Down Under after stops in the United States and Paris to promote Egyptian tourism.