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 ...

The torso was lifted with the help of a crane. Following its restoration, the statue of Ramses II will be exhibited at the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids scheduled to open in 2018.

Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's antiquities ministry ...

In 1930, archaeologists found he lower half of a massive statue of Ramesses II. Now, they've discovered the long-missing top ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...