Khasekhemwy was the first Egyptian pharaoh known to have commissioned statues of himself. During his lifetime, he ordered the creation of two nearly identical statues depicting him seated, which ...

It was from ancient Thebes in Egypt. The statue is called the "Younger Memnon" and depicts the pharaoh Ramesses II. He ruled from 1279 to 1213 B.C. It is an 8.8-foot-tall broken head and torso of ...

Another statue of the Ramses II once stood in a busy square in central Cairo near its largest train station, both named after the pharaoh, before it was moved to be the centrepiece of the main ...

History beckons at Apollo Art Auctions, where centuries-old craftsmanship and culture will converge at the "Fine Ancient Art ...

23 life-size statues of the pharaoh in the Valley Temple (fragments of several have been found with his name inscribed on them); at least seven large statues of him in the inner chambers of his ...

From his military achievements to his love life, discover 10 facts about Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt’s most celebrated ...

The Colossi of Memnon, a pair of statues each depicting the seated Amenhotep III (r. ca. 1390–1352 B.C.), once stood at the first pylon, or gateway, of the pharaoh’s enormous mortuary temple ...

Starting at £20,000, this exceptional quartzite fragment from the Amarna Period (18th–19th Dynasty) depicts a pharaoh kneeling ... inspired this statue, making it a treasure both spiritual ...