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From finishing his father’s grand temples to carving his name across Egypt’s map, Ramses II reigned as one of history’s most extraordinary pharaohs — fathering scores of children, commanding armies, ...

A drone hovers as a statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II is relocated at the Grand Egyptian Museum near the great Pyramids, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The museum is scheduled to open ...

The falcon took flight, the divine flesh went to join the force from which it had emerged. — From the report of Ramses II’s death to his subjects, 1224 B.C. The ancient Egyptians, like the ancient ...

Cairo — Archaeologists have announced the discovery of more than 2,000 rams' heads at the temple of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II — a find that the man in charge of the dig said surprised ...

Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sharif Fathy, met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Cairo, Dominic Goh, alongside the CEO of the company organizing the “Ramses and the ...

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 ...

Two more buildings at the site of an ancient Egyptian military fortress dating to the reign of Ramses II have been discovered by archaeologists working in the Beheira Governorate, north west of Cairo.

A rare statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been discovered near Giza. The pink granite statue, which is almost 3.5 feet tall, was found to have the symbol 'Ka'—thought to be an aspect ...

Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a sword earlier this month which was marked by ancient pharaoh Ramses II, Egypt's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. The bronze sword with engravings of the ...

CAIRO (AP) – With much fanfare, Egypt on Thursday placed the ancient statue of one of its most famous pharaohs, Ramses II, in the entrance hall of a new antiquities’ museum under construction near the ...