A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said Thursday.

A 3,200-year-old tomb believed to belong to a high-ranking military commander from the era of Pharaoh Ramses III was unearthed at Tell el-Maschuta in northeastern Egypt, according to a report by Live ...

A 3,400 year-old bust of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh King Ramses II has been returned to Egypt after being stolen and smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago. The bust is being held at Cairo’s ...

FILE PHOTO: A police officer walks next to an entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Egypt's capital of Cairo CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King ...

A team of archaeologists with New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) made the discovery in the city of Abydos, one of the oldest cities and richest archaeological ...

Florida might seem about as far from modern-day Egypt as possible - and just a few thousand years from the end of the sprawling Ancient Egyptian Empire.

At the traveling exhibit Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs, 21st century technology meets Egypt's 19th Dynasty. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, ...

From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

Egypt's antiquities minister has said that an ancient relic found in a Cairo mudpit is likely not of Pharaoh Ramses II, but is probably from the statue of another Egyptian king who ruled in the ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a granite statue probably depicting the head of Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, the country's culture ministry said ...

CAIRO – With much fanfare, Egypt on Thursday placed the ancient statue of one of its most famous pharaohs, Ramses II, in the entrance hall of a new antiquities’ museum under construction near the ...

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