The funerary temple of Ramses II, the 13th-century B.C.E pharaoh, is worthy of his epithet: the Great. On the west banks of the Nile at the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, in modern day Luxor ...

The most significant of these finds is the evidence that the temple once ... of Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC), often called Ramesses the Great, the Ramesseum was not just a funerary monument ...

Architectural feats were a substantial part of Ramses II’s legacy: His funerary temple known as the Ramesseum and the numerous statues of him around Egypt were some of his most notable achievements.

Recent archaeological excavations have revealed that the Ramesseum, the famous funerary temple of Ramesses II in Egypt, was much more than a place of worship. A recent archaeological mission has ...

An ancient temple that belonged to an Old Testament pharaoh is being restored by archaeologists in Egypt. In a Facebook post published Thursday, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

These include Pharaoh Ramesses II, who was the most powerful and celebrated ... at Thebes – part of modern-day Luxor – and his own funerary temple, known as the Ramesseum, across the Nile ...

"With its valuable inscriptions and numerous funerary monuments ... were made to the temple of Ramses during the Ptolemaic period, which shows even 1,000 years after Ramses II, that he was ...

showed the growing effort to insulate funerary items against looting. At one point in history, both Ramses II’s coffin and mummy were moved to a hidden location in the temple complex Deir el-Bahari.

The latter also reused a sarcophagus from the Valley of the Kings — one that belonged to none other than Ramesses II’s son and successor, Merneptah. Reusing of funerary items served a double ...

including the expansion of Karnak Temple. Related: Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II's 'handsome' face revealed in striking reconstruction In 1881, Ramesses II's mummy and coffin were found in ...

This discovery is further proof that, during this period, the Valley of the Kings was not only looted, but its funerary objects were reused by later rulers. For example, Pharaoh Psusennes I recovered ...