Archaeologists in northern Egypt have uncovered a vast mudbrick military complex from the reign of Ramesses the Great. Inside ...

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 most ...

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Ramesses II, who was born a civilian, inherited Egypt’s throne as a teenager, fought several prolonged conflicts with the Hittite empire, warded off pirate incursions along the Mediterranean coast, ...

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The top portion of a limestone statue depicting Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II was unearthed at an archaeological site in Middle Egypt. (all photos by the City of the Baboon Project, courtesy ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed a significant, colossal statue fragment in Egypt’s Nile Delta, believed to portray the legendary Pharaoh Ramesses II. Discovered by a mission under the Supreme Council of ...

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it's not a joke.