What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II ... according to The British Museum. Ramesses II was one of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom (circa 1550 ...

Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including ...

A museum in Egypt that cost £775 ... more modern ancient Greek and Roman periods of Egyptian history. A magnificent 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II, which had previously stood in Ramses ...

Nestled near the Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamen’s golden treasures, is preparing ...

Jacksonville Art Museum director, Bruce Dempsey, and former chairman of the Egyptian ... Who was Ramses II? He was a tremendous egotist who built temples and monumental statues across the breadth ...

Worlds apart from the chaos of the old Egyptian Museum, I was welcomed by peaceful water features, an ancient hanging obelisk, and very few tourists in sight. Upon entry, the first thing I saw was the ...

It feels fitting that the mystery surrounding the official opening date of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum seems ... 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II stands in quiet command, encircled by ...

Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 BC ... this was by far the largest Egyptian sculpture that the British had ever seen, and it was the first object that gave ...

CAIRO – Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts ...

the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures. After two decades ...