Abu Simbel Temple Complex echoes with the grandeur of Ramesses the Great. More than just a Pharaoh, he has built this temple as a testament to himself, weaving tales of grand victories into its very ...

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 mummified bodies of kings, queens and other significant people were interred in their new resting place near Hatshepsut's temple ... among others, Ramesses II, Seti I, Thutmose III and ...

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 ...

The temple itself is 180 meters long and 66 meters wide. Constructed in the style of funerary temples of the ancient Pharaonic state, it reflects the prominence of Ramses II. The temple includes ...

Exhibition proceeds support archaeological heritage Ramses II most likely could never have imagined that his treasures would be shown to people 3,000 years after his death. The funerary objects ...

Ramses II also had the temple complex at Abu Simbel decorated ... would be shown to people 3,000 years after his death. The funerary objects were meant to accompany him into the afterlife, while ...

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 ...