The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

The reign of Ramses II marks one of the pinnacles of ancient Egypt. This pharaoh left an indelible mark through his monumental achievements and military campaigns. Ramses II ascended to the ...

Ramses II. Many of his treasures and his coffin can now be admired in Cologne.

Having a lot of children can cause headaches when settling issues of inheritance. Even more so when a royal throne is part of ...

Ramesses II was around 90 years old when he died, an astonishing age for ancient Egypt. Skip to main content. ... The pharaoh also built a new capital called "Pi-Ramesses" ...

Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great, became Pharaoh at the age of 25, and ruled from 1279 to 1213 B.C.E. ... and creating a new capital city for Egypt called Pi-Ramesses, ...

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is hosting a temporary exhibition that sheds light on the archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Pi-Ramesses, which served as the capital during the reign ...

The exhibition includes some exquisite faience tiles found at the site of Pi-Ramses showing Libyan, Nubian, and Syrian or Hittite captives taken during the king’s various campaigns.

During the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th dynasty, Egypt was a vast empire that extended roughly from modern-day Sudan to Syria. A new capital, Pi-Ramesses, was constructed at Qantir, in ...

Professor Henning Franzmeier and his team of archaeologists undertake excavations in Pi-Ramses, hoping to discover the truth about the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II's lost city. Henning ...