What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II) Where it is from: Ancient Thebes, Egypt When it was made: About 3,300 years ago Related: Pazyryk ...

A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris.

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some 23 feet tall. Now, U.S. and Egyptian archaeologists have announced the ...

Experts Find Missing Piece of Ramesses II Statue “Through analysis of the position of the Buddha’s two hands and other depictions, scholars confirmed it as the image of Amitābha,” the ...

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 ...

But magnificent though it is, this statue is just one of many - Ramesses is replicated again and again throughout the complex, a multiple vision of monumental power that must have had an ...

Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered a rare royal inscription bearing the seal of Pharaoh Ramses III, dating back ...

Mohamed Ismail Khaled said the Ramesseum was both a temple and a hub for redistributing goods, helping locals—especially artisans from nearby Deir el-Medina.

But magnificent though it is, this statue is just one of many - Ramesses is replicated again and again throughout the complex, a multiple vision of monumental power that must have had an ...

and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress topped with a royal cobra. However, the discovery of this ancient statue—and exquisite preservation—was far from certain when the statue was first ...

Statue of Ramesses II (made around 1250 BC). Granite; found in Thebes, Egypt. "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" That was Shelley, writing in 1818 ...