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Archaeologists excavating the temple of Ramesses II in Abydos stumbled upon an astonishing tribute: more than 2,000 mummified ram heads, neatly arranged as offerings to the pharaoh who died a ...

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Archaeologists restore and re-erect a colossal Ramesses II statue at Egypt, returning the monument to its original temple setting.

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 ...

A fragment of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II. Photo: Kevin Cahail An engraved stone slab found under a Coptic building in Abydos, Egypt, is part of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to a team ...

An Egyptian-American archaeological mission has completed the restoration and re-erection of a colossal statue of King Ramesses II at the ancient site of El-Ashmunein in Minya Governorate, authorities ...

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 ...

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Among the many items sought by archaeologists, part of a statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, representing him ...

More than 150 ancient artifacts — some that have never been outside Egypt — will be on display in Houston in November as part of “Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,” a 10-city tour. The ...