death to his subjects, 1224 B.C. The ancient Egyptians, like the ancient Greeks, had no word for “art” and did not recognize it as distinct from the realm of handicraft. Yet, on a different ...

What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II) Where it is from: Ancient Thebes, Egypt When it was made: About 3,300 years ago Related: Pazyryk ...

The Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibition opened in Tokyo last week following the success of its US and European tours, reports Nevine El-Aref Thousands of Tokyoites flocked to the Crevia ...

On March 7, Tokyo witnessed a grand celebration as Sherif Fathy, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, and Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo, inaugurated the exhibition "Ramses and ...

CAIRO, March 13. /TASS/. Egyptian archeologists hoisted the torso of a huge statue of Pharaoh Ramses II from a muddy ditch in northeastern Cairo, a TASS correspondent reported on Monday.

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" That was Shelley, writing in 1818 with a poetic vision inspired by the monumental figure here in the British ...

He died 3,000 years ago, but the world still knows his name: Ramses II. Many of his treasures and his coffin can now be admired in Cologne. Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain.

Cairo (AFP) – 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 ...

Archeological work at Ramses II's mortuary, known as the Ramesseum, has uncovered a school, stone workshops, and storage ...

A statue discovered in the mud on the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Heliopolis, is not Pharaoh Ramses II but King Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610 BC. Initially archaeologists ...