The solar alignment occurs on February 22 and October 22 each year, which are days associated with the agricultural and ...

The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Archaeologists announced they may have unearthed a massive statue depicting Pharaoh Ramses II. The discovery is located near the Pharaoh's temple ruins in Cairo ...

Which Egyptian pharaoh was the richest? ascended to the peak of pharaonic power by sowing wild oats. If accumulating grain currency counts, Ramses II was hands-down the richest pharaoh in Egypt's ...

The sun aligned on the statue of Ramses II in Aswan's Abu Simbel Temple on Saturday morning in a rare astronomical phenomenon ...

On display in the converted railway station convention facility is the exhibition “Ramses II: The Great Pharaoh and His Time,” a marvelous offering of artifacts dating from the 13th century B ...

CAIRO, March 13. /TASS/. Egyptian archeologists hoisted the torso of a huge statue of Pharaoh Ramses II from a muddy ditch in northeastern Cairo, a TASS correspondent reported on Monday.

Ramesses II is believed to be the pharaoh who ruled over Egypt in the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian king, whose name is also spelled Ramses, was born in 1303 B.C. and died in 1213 B.C. The tourism ...

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 ...

(Jubilees were typically celebrated in the 30th year of a pharaoh's reign and every five ... with the statue of Ramses II in view through the door. On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you ...