Ramses II’s city, Pi-Ramses-Great-Of-Victories, was the most extraordinary center in Egypt. In addition, the Great Temple of Abu Simbel was dedicated to him in the 21st year of his reign.

Probably no other pharaoh was responsible for so much new construction, including a new capital: Pi-Ramesses (House of Ramses). His gigantic burial palace, the Ramesseum in Western Thebes ...

In the far north of Egypt, facing towards the neighbouring powers in the Near East and the Mediterranean, he founded a new capital city, modestly called Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu, the 'House of ...

Professor Henning Franzmeier and his team work on uncovering the mysteries behind Ancient Egyptian ruler Ramses the Great's lost city of Pi-Ramses. A team of archaeologists led by Professor ...