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 ...

What was Ramses greatest accomplishments? The Ramesseum and Abu Simbel south in Aswan are among the most well known architectural accomplishments of Ramesses II. Ramesseum is an ancient memorial ...

Ramses II had many other accomplishments in his years as pharaoh. These include having over 100 children, creating the temple ...

In the second year of his reign—no ... he began construction of a chapel and temple (Seti I would complete it). Still farther north, Rameses I reopened Egyptian turquoise mines in the Sinai ...

He built the rock temples of Abu Simbel and his own mortuary temple at Thebes. The tomb of his principal wife Nefertari, also at Thebes, is one of the best-preserved royal tombs. Rameses ...