Professor Rosalie David, who will lecture at the day school, said: “Even in death Ramesses II remains a fascinating figure. In 1974, Egyptologists noticed the condition of the mummy was deteriorating.

The pharaoh said of himself, "He has surpassed everything." Ramses' mummy has been abroad only once In 1213 BC, Ramses II entered the realm of the dead, at the age of 90. His mummy has been ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the 3,200-year-old tomb of a possible military commander who may have served during ...

In contrast to the cavernous crypts of his successors, Seti I and Rameses II, his is but antechamber ... and some statuettes of underworld deities. His mummy was missing, too.

3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is ...