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The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis (modern-day el-Ashmunein), about 155 miles (250 kilometers) south ...
However, the Abu Simbel Temples were more than a testament to rare royal love - they were a carefully crafted religious and ...
THE face of ancient Egypt’s most powerful pharaoh can be seen for the very first time since he walked the Earth 3000 years ago. Ramesses II, who reigned in the 13th century BC, is known for his ...
This statue of the Pharaoh Ramesses II was designed to show him as a beneficent ruler, a mighty warrior and a living god. It was erected in the Ramesseum - his mortuary temple, where the cult of ...
A major new exhibition, Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold, will open at Battersea Power Station in 2026, showcasing rare Ancient ...
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The reign of Seti I and Ramses II marked the peak of Egyptian art and power. But millennia later, their legacy faced a new adventure: wholesale removal. This is the true story of the 19th-century ...
According to the prize-winning Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson in his new book Ramesses The Great: Egypt’s King of Kings, part of the Yale University Press Ancient Lives Series, Ramesses was the most ...
Despite a very shaky start, Ramesses II (reigned c1279 - 1212 BC) used diplomacy, a massive building program and endless propaganda to become the greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt's ...
More than 2,000 mummified ram heads have been unearthed nearby an ancient Egyptian temple. Archaeologists uncovered the heads in Abydos, Egypt, near the temple of Egyptian pharoah Ramesses II and are ...
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