Ramses II's missing upper half statue found ... including the Twin Temples of Abu Simbel, the colossal statues near the Giza pyramids, and rare finds like the recent discovery of a statue near ...

Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain ... Ramses' most famous works include the temples of Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel, which was cut into rock. The pharaoh was celebrated by his ...

Ramses II (the Great ... Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest ...

He built the rock temples of Abu Simbel and his own mortuary temple at Thebes. The tomb of his principal wife Nefertari, also at Thebes, is one of the best-preserved royal tombs. Rameses ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) disassembled both of Abu Simbel's temples and moved them to a cliff 200 feet above its original spot, to prevent their ...