Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, reigned for 66 years during Egypt’s New Kingdom and became one of its most ...

In 2019, archaeologists were stunned at the discovery of a unique pink granite statue of Ramses II buried in a muddy pit. The statue was unearthed by a man illegally digging underneath the floor of ...

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

THE opening of a mega-museum – home to the famous “cursed” coffin – has been postponed again over war tensions. Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum will be home to more ...

Colossus of Ramses II.(Carson Ganci/Design Pics/picture alliance ) ... He also had himself immortalized as a gigantic stone statue weighing 1,000 tons and standing 17 meters high.

EGYPT, April 30: Ninety-six years ago, the renowned German archaeologist Günther Roeder made a groundbreaking discovery in the Minya Governorate, Egypt. He unearthed the lower half of what could have ...

Egyptian and American researchers recently uncovered the top half of an ancient statue depicting the pharaoh Ramesses II, completing a puzzle that has remained unsolved since 1930, when German ...

The top half of a statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been unearthed by archaeologists in southern Egypt. ... Hundreds of colossal statues of him can be found across Egypt. ...

The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis (modern-day el-Ashmunein), about 155 miles (250 kilometers ...

The missing upper half of a statue of King Ramses II has finally been discovered in the south of Egypt. The excavation was organized by a joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission between the ...

Fragment of the statue of Ramesses II found in Hermopolis Magna. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt . Dr. Adel Okasha, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities of Central ...