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 ...

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 ...