From his military achievements to his love life, discover 10 facts about Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt’s most celebrated ...

A press conference presenting the upcoming 'Ramses the Great: the Gold of the Pharaohs' exhibition was held on Thursday in Tokyo. This traveling exhibition, which narrates the accomplishments of ...

It just doesn’t add up. “In fact, the most significant battle Ramses ever fought was at Kadesh: though one of the most famous in the ancient world –it was disastrously executed by the pharaoh.” How on ...

Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain. But you can afford to be vain when you're a pharaoh, the ruler and protector of Egypt, the intermediary between man and the gods. After he died ...

The University of Manchester is hosting a day school to discuss the scientific study of ancient Egyptian mummies, which will include the question, was the great Pharaoh Ramesses II a true redhead?

For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after becoming pharaoh in 1307 B.C.*, has come down to us today as one of the most recognizable names from ancient Egypt. For many it conjures up vast ...

Archaeology is a subject that fascinates and delights. Its discoveries tell us more about the history of us and our world.

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 ...

Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the ...

The court is surrounded by statues of Ramses III in his Jubilee vestments. (Jubilees were typically celebrated in the 30th year of a pharaoh's reign and every five years thereafter.) Detail from ...

During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of ...