these two temples were built by Ramesses II (whose sarcophagus was recently found) around 1260 BC. The large temple was built to celebrate his victory in the Battle of Qadesh and dedicated to his ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... It wasn't a tomb where he was going to be buried, but a temple where he would be venerated in life and then worshipped as a god for all ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an astonishing 66 years ... It wasn't a tomb where he was going to be buried, but a temple where he would be venerated in life and then worshipped as a god for all ...

Speaking with Reuters, the experts from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that the upper half stretched some 12.5 feet tall, and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress ...

Ramesses II - the third Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty - lived to the grand old ... high priest of Amun at Karnak; Meresamun, a temple singer; and Asetirikhetes, the Ptolemaic mummy from ...

Ramesses II the Great... Builder : This pharaoh's vast construction and refurbishing efforts left a solid visible legacy of his power and influence. In the very beginning of his reign, he had ...

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 ...