Ramesseum is an ancient memorial temple complex near Luxor built by Ramesses II to honor him. Why is Ramses II the greatest pharaoh? King Ramses II was the most powerful pharaoh of Egypt's golden age ...
A joint Egyptian-US archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a massive statue of King Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs. The find was made during excavations ...
When Tutankhamun—aka King Tut—died ... kings of a unified Egypt, he began construction of a chapel and temple (Seti I would complete it). Still farther north, Rameses I reopened Egyptian ...
The statue depicts the head, shoulders, and upper torso of King Ramses II ... securing Egypt's dominance across the Levant and Nubia. But Ramses II wasn't solely a warrior; he also left an ...
Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...
Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 BC, and his giant head dominates this space from a gallery plinth ... although it would once have been even higher. "It's ...
Statue of Ramesses II (made around 1250 BC). Granite; found in Thebes, Egypt. "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" That was Shelley, writing in 1818 ...
Horemheb and his successors, including Ramses the ... ascribed to the king, and in Kemp’s opinion, even the word religion is “mischievous” when applied to ancient Egypt.