3,000-Year-Old Colossal Pharaoh Statue Moved to New Home. 83-ton statue of Ramses II, ancient Egypt's greatest ruler, arrives at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

The 3,200-year-old colossal statue of King Ramses II is seen during its transfer to the main entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo's twin city Giza on January 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP) The ...

Ramses II, commonly known as Ramses the Great, ruled Egypt from 1298 to 1235 B.C.E. He is considered the most powerful and celebrated pharaoh of the New Kingdom, itself the golden age of ancient ...

"It was indeed used by the pharaoh as a colossal statue, but we cannot yet be sure that it wasn't an older statue he reused," Raue said. Ramesses II was the third king of Egypt's 19th dynasty . He ...

A HUGE statue believed to be of 3,000-year-old Ramses II is actually a depiction of a different Egyptian ruler, experts have revealed. Boffins now think the statue, which was pulled from the mud in… ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, ... The atrium, called the Grand Hall, is dominated by a colossal statue of Ramses II, ...

A colossal statue of King Ramses II found in the ancient city of Memphis now lords over the atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Tamir Soliman/Shutterstock ...

Fragment of the statue of Ramesses II found in Hermopolis Magna. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt . Dr. Adel Okasha, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities of Central ...

The reign of Ramses II marks one of the pinnacles of ancient Egypt. This pharaoh left an indelible mark through his monumental achievements and military campaigns. Ramses II ascended to the ...

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 ...

The 3,200-year-old colossal statue of King Ramses II is seen during its transfer to the main entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo's twin city Giza on January 25, 2018.

Archaeologists have discovered a colossal statue, possibly depicting Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great, in a muddy pit in a Cairo suburb, Egypt's antiquities ministry announced today (March 9).