Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, reigned for 66 years during Egypt’s New Kingdom and became one of its most ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

Ramesses II fought the Hittites and signed the world's first official peace treaty. He undertook an unparalleled building programme, had over one hundred children and reigned for 67 years. Did he ...

If greatness is attached to Ramesses II’s name, it is in large part because he insisted on telling the world—repeatedly and on a massive scale—just how great he was. Over the course of his ...

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 ...

If greatness is attached to Ramesses II’s name, it is in large part because he insisted on telling the world—repeatedly and on a massive scale—just how great he was.

He wasn't the first pharaoh of his name on Egypt's long king list, and he wouldn't be the last. In fact, nine others would follow in the next dynasty. But he was the only one who has the "the Great" ...

Ramses the Great has been dead for 3,235 years, but this powerful Pharaoh still keeps a hold on the public imagination. Look at the long lines at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which is now ...

Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great and Ozymandias in Greek, is thought to have ruled from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. Considered one of ancient Egypt's most important rulers, ...

They decided to fly Ramesses II's mummy to Paris for examination - and he was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received at Le Bourget airport, ...