This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...
It was made in the early 13th century B.C. and depicts the pharaoh Ramesses II, also called Ramesses the Great, who ruled from 1279 until 1213 B.C. The statue has traces of red, indicating that ...
Tourists have had a long wait - over 20 years - to get a glimpse behind the doors of what is the largest archaeological ...
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) recently welcomed Mr. Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, and Mrs. Yuriko Koike, the Mayor of Tokyo, Japan, ...
The sun rays once again penetrated the entrance of Aswan's iconic Abu Simbel Temple earlier on Tuesday in a captivating celestial phenomenon, illuminating the Ramses II statue and showcasing the ...
More than 1,400 tourists, both foreign and Egyptian, gathered at Abu Simbel temple to watch the alignment of the sun on King Ramses II’s face, he added. On October and February 22, a shaft of sunlight ...
Let’s hope he was a lefty. Experts Find Missing Piece of Ramesses II Statue The marble was in good enough condition that you can still make out the Roman-style toga Hermogenes is wearing ...
The fresh huge statue out of Ramesses II old straight back step three,2 hundred decades and you may was first receive inside ...