A crypto-hieroglyphic specialist deciphered at least seven texts about the pharaoh Ramses II, hidden on the Obelisk of the ...

Upon Horemheb's death in 1307, Paramessu assumed the throne as Rameses ("Ra [the sun god] Has Fashioned Him"). Pharaohs of the day took five different names, and one of Rameses's others ...

which is believed to be the first written peace treaty between foreign powers. This brought Egypt an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity that continued until Rameses' death.

Professor Rosalie David, who will lecture at the day school, said: “Even in death Ramesses II remains a fascinating figure. In 1974, Egyptologists noticed the condition of the mummy was deteriorating.

The funerary temple of Ramses II, the 13th-century B.C.E pharaoh, is worthy of his epithet: the Great. On the west banks of the Nile at the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, in modern day Luxor ...

Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered a rare royal inscription bearing the seal of Pharaoh Ramses III, dating back over 3,000 years. Tomb of Egyptian general linked to Ramses III found ...