The Younger Memnon was one of two statues that was once situated outside of a huge temple in the ancient necropolis of Thebes, located near modern Luxor. Ramesses II had dedicated that temple to ...

Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...

From his military achievements to his love life, discover 10 facts about Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt’s most celebrated ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... It wasn't a tomb where he was going to be buried, but a temple where he would be venerated in life and then worshipped as a god for all ...

Ramesses II - the third Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty ... high priest of Amun at Karnak; Meresamun, a temple singer; and Asetirikhetes, the Ptolemaic mummy from 305 BC. Professor David ...

Detail from the Temple of Ramses III. You start facing north toward the Great Court, with the statue of Ramses II in view through the door. On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you are scenes ...

3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... It wasn't a tomb where he was going to be buried, but a temple where he would be venerated in life and then worshipped as a god for all ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... It wasn't a tomb where he was going to be buried, but a temple where he would be venerated in life and then worshipped as a god for all ...