Despite a very shaky start, Ramesses II (reigned c1279 - 1212 BC) used diplomacy, a massive building program and endless propaganda to become the greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt's ...

A sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in an Egyptian burial chamber came with a complicated history: Ancient writing on the stone container showed that it had been used twice, but while its second occupant ...

More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian artists flubbed a royal portrait that was discovered in a tomb within a vast necropolis, a new study suggests. The painting, of the pharaoh Ramesses II ...

After a lifetime of conquest and building, the great Pharaoh Ramses II faced a loss no army could defeat. The death of his ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Batah-M-Woya, who was chief treasurer in the time of King Ramses II. The tomb is located in Saqqara, a huge necropolis south of Cairo, according to a ...

The opening of an exhibition dedicated to the special relationship between Nefertari's tomb and Italy brought the world's most famous Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, and the Italian ambassador to Cairo, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, who served as head of the treasury under Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. A team from Cairo University discovered the grave while excavating the ...

Finds include hidden third “ghost hand,” alterations to a crown in Ramesses II portrait It is known that the ancient Egyptians had a highly formalized (and easily recognizable) painting style, and ...

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