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

ancient Egyptian inscription What's in a name? Well, in the case of Rameses I, no less than immortality—and this for a man of humble roots. For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after ...

11.155.3a: 139.7 × 165.1 cm (55 × 65 in.); 12.186.2: 96 × 148.5 cm (37 13/16 × 58 7/16 in.); 11.155.3b: 111 × 258 cm (43 11/16 in. × 8 ft. 5 9/16 in.) ...

But he was the only one who has the "the Great" attached to his moniker. Renown warriors, both his father Seti I and his grandfather (Ramesses I) were fine generals who managed to rack up more ...

On the outskirts of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II finds himself ensnared in an ambush set by the Hittites. Through a tumultuous clash of chariots and strategic might, the Battle of Kadesh unfolds ...

I think I was my most authentic self when I was Rameses, because I wasn't bound by the things that we often [get] nervous or ...

Inside the man's tomb, archaeologists found a gold ring containing the name of Ramesses III, along with bronze arrowheads. The tomb was discovered at the site of Tell el-Maschuta (also spelled ...

Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 BC, and his giant head dominates this space from a gallery plinth ... although it would once have been even higher. "It's ...

Ramesses III's reign (circa 1184 to 1153 B.C.) during the 20th dynasty was tumultuous at times. He fought off an invasion launched by a group known as the "Sea People." ...