A team of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed a fort dating back millennia in Hosh Issa, uncovering artifacts including a bronze sword bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses II. Ramses II, also known as ...

For anyone who studies ancient Egypt—and even many who don’t—the name Ramses II looms large. Also known as Ramses the Great and Ozymandias, this New Kingdom pharaoh embodies many modern perceptions of ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient sword in Egypt that is linked to a Biblical pharaoh. The bronze blade, thought to be around 3,000 years old, has the markings of Ramesses II, hailed as the ...

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. The Egyptian king ...

From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

IN the reign of that Pharaoh named Mineptah I., the Sem, or high-priest, Amon-em-api, was also first of the royal astronomers and architects as well as prime minister. He was of the family of Penta-ur ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered a giant 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II, in what the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is describing as “one of [its] most important ...

Witness brothers Moses and Ramses facing off once again when director Ridley Scott’s historical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) begins streaming absolutely free Dec. 1 on Tubi. Christian Bale and a ...

Dear Call Box: I went to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens this past weekend for the ancient Egyptian art exhibit, and it reminded me of the Ramses exhibit that came to Jacksonville more than 30 ...

A rare statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been discovered near Giza. The pink granite statue, which is almost 3.5 feet tall, was found to have the symbol 'Ka'—thought to be an aspect ...