Ramses II entered the realm of the dead, at the age of 90. His mummy has been preserved to this day. The mummy only left its homeland once: In 1976, his remains were taken to Paris for ...

The tomb of his principal wife Nefertari, also at Thebes, is one of the best-preserved royal tombs. Rameses reasserted Egyptian control over the Levant in the east and Nubia to the south.