What it tells us about the past: The "Younger Memnon" is an 8.8-foot-tall (2.7 meter) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt that now stands in the British Museum in London.

The discovery dates back to the era when Ramesses II, one of Egypt's most influential pharaohs, ruled an empire that spanned ...

For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after becoming pharaoh in 1307 B.C.*, has come down to us today as one of the most recognizable names from ancient Egypt. For many it conjures up vast ...

About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...

The University of Manchester is hosting a day school to discuss the scientific study of ancient Egyptian mummies, which will include the question, was the great Pharaoh Ramesses II a true redhead?

Ramesses II was one of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom (circa 1550 to 1070 B.C.), which saw a resurgence in ...

Which Egyptian pharaoh was the richest? ascended to the peak of pharaonic power by sowing wild oats. If accumulating grain currency counts, Ramses II was hands-down the richest pharaoh in Egypt's ...

a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II — the most powerful pharaoh of the era — was set down in a mud hut somewhere in the Nile Delta. A team of ...

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.

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... and he was seen as such a successful ruler that nine later pharaohs took his name. He was still being worshipped as a god in the time ...

Archaeological evidence from an Egyptian excavation 200 miles east of the Libyan ... famous in the ancient world –it was disastrously executed by the pharaoh.” How on earth could Ramses have been ...