How did Ramses III help the economy? His building program for homes and buildings, law and order consolidation, and tree planting program made him a well-known figure. Many of his most important ...

Sea Peoples, groups of aggressive seafarers, were defeated by Ramesses III in 1178 BC when a tribe attempted to invade the country. Archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

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Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the ...

Ramses III smites his enemies in this detail from the Great Court. To the right of the column, near the palm tree, stands a 50-foot-high statue of Ramses II. To the east are the ruins of the ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

Alamy Ramses III's troops fighting the Sea Peoples in the Nile Delta "The foreign countries made a conspiracy in their islands. All at once the lands were removed and scattered in the fray.

Reconstruction of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu (Photo courtesy of Rosemary Robertson) AMMAN — Due to its geographic location, Cyprus played a significant role in trade during ...

It was begun by Amenophis III and largely completed by Ramses II, though later builders added to it, including Alexander the Great and several Roman emperors. An avenue of sphinxes once connected ...

GrandfatherAmenhotep III KV35Now identified as Tut’s grandfather ... The new pharaoh's name was Ramses I. With him begins another dynasty, one which, under the rule of his grandson Ramses ...