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From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

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 ...

An exhibition of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadow ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered the missing upper part of a "huge" statue depicting an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission discovered the statue part during ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt's tourism ...

The top portion of a limestone statue depicting Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II was unearthed at an archaeological site in Middle Egypt. (all photos by the City of the Baboon Project, courtesy ...

Inside Ramses & the Pharaohs’ Gold exhibition, ancient monuments and glittering treasures reveal a master plan for leading ...

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 ...

FILE PHOTO: A police officer walks next to an entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Egypt's capital of Cairo CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's ...