Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great as he was also known, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled for 66 years during the Nineteenth Dynasty, and was possibly the Biblical pharaoh that persecuted the ...

Successor & 13th son of Ramses the second, Merenptah 'Merneptah'. His mother was Ramses second wife Isetnofret. He Rules for ...

The artifact was unearthed under the floor of a Coptic structure in 2009, though its owner remained a mystery. From its decoration, researchers were only able to pinpoint that it had been used to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

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In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

For anyone who studies ancient Egypt—and even many who don’t—the name Ramses II looms large. Also known as Ramses the Great and Ozymandias, this New Kingdom pharaoh embodies many modern perceptions of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Check out the dazzling display of gold jewelry and the superb workmanship of Egyptian artists at The Ramses Exhibition in San Francisco's de Young Museum. "There's something for ...

Measuring more than five and a half feet long and three inches thick, the fragment represents almost an entire wall of the sarcophagus. Kevin Cahail Ramses II, a pharaoh who ruled in the 13th century ...

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