In fact he lost control of a great part of modern-day Syria after the battle. He added: “When you realise that Ramses re-inscribed monuments dedicated to others – so that it appeared they were ...

Ramses also ruled over a lot of land, expanding the empire to include Nubia and Syria, according to Reuters. The PBS of Amenhotep III. Amenhotep III became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, during which time Egypt ...

Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered a rare royal inscription bearing the seal of Pharaoh Ramses III, dating back ...

The most momentous event of his reign was the Battle of Kadesh (now in Syria) in 1274 BC. Rameses claimed a great victory against the Hittites, who were long-standing enemies of the Egyptians.

Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain ... which today covers roughly the area of Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. He began learning the art of warfare as a child and, alongside his father ...

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 ...

The court is surrounded by statues of Ramses III in his Jubilee vestments. (Jubilees were typically celebrated in the 30th year of a pharaoh's reign and every five years thereafter.) Detail from ...

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 ...