Rameses II’s mummified remains was discovered by archaeologists in 1881, where he can be viewed at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo. He was originally buried in a tomb in ...
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son of Ramses I and Sitra, was the second pharaoh of the XIX dynasty; ruled about fifteen years, from c.1294 to 1279 B.C. Among the most important scenes in the tomb that can be found on the left ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Archaeologists announced they may have unearthed a massive statue depicting Pharaoh Ramses II. The discovery is located near the Pharaoh's temple ruins in Cairo ...
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.
The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments to their pharaohs. But they also spent time and treasure creating hidden underground mausoleums. The most famed collection of such elaborate ...
many European adventurers explore the tomb of the king searching for the burial chamber. Then begins an archeological investigation, which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.