Journey to the magnificent Abu Simbel and discover the timeless love story of Pharaoh Ramses II and his beloved Queen ...

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 ...

Cairo — Archaeologists have announced the discovery of more than 2,000 rams' heads at the temple of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II — a find that the man in charge of the dig said surprised ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered a giant 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II, in what the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is describing as “one of [its] most important ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Thanks to his nearly 67-year reign during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, which was full of impressive architectural and military achievements, ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission in El Ashmunein CAIRO (Reuters) - A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper ...

Statues of ancient Egyptian goddesses and Pharaoh Ramses II have been uncovered in Egypt. Italian news agency ANSA reports that the finds were made near Mit Raineh, about 18 miles south of Cairo.

More than 2,000 decomposed ram skulls unearthed in a newly discovered warehouse in the temple of the ancient pharaoh Ramses II will help archeologists uncover more details about one of the oldest ...

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, in a rare loan of the relic outside Egypt. The ornate coffin will be on show ...

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 ...