Ramses II’s father, Seti I, provided his son with a large harem when the boy was 8 years old. In later years, he had many concubines and wives (the dearest was his first queen, Nefertari).

A study published in PLOS.One attempt to find the owner of these mummified legs with the observations indicating it to be of Queen Nefertari, the most beloved wife of the pharaoh Ramses II.

Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain. But you can afford to be vain when you're a pharaoh, the ruler and protector of Egypt, the intermediary between man and the gods. After he died, he ...

Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...

Japan’s capital city Tokyo is currently hosting the “Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs” exhibition, with metro stations, building facades and streets surrounding the exhibition hall were decorated ...