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

CAIRO — Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country’s ...

Archeological work at Ramses II's mortuary, known as the Ramesseum, has uncovered a school, stone workshops, and storage ...

A statue discovered in the mud on the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Heliopolis, is not Pharaoh Ramses II but King Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610 BC. Initially archaeologists ...

Few countries grip the imagination quite like Egypt. Just hearing the name conjures images of mighty pharaohs and massive ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... a palace and treasuries There were two courtyards in the Ramesseum, and our statue sat at the entrance to the second one.

The new Egyptian Museum – officially known as The Grand Egyptian Museum – is definitely very grand, reports east Auckland ...

Archaeologists found ancient jars used for holding the dead person’s organs and hundreds of statues carved to look like the ...

The Egyptian Building, as it’s come to be ... In the poem, Shelley tells of a crumbling statue of Ramses II out in the desert, calling it a “colossal wreck, boundless and bare” as it withers ...

Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including ...