The Lost City of Ramses II: Egypt’s Forgotten Capital Beneath the sands of the Nile Delta lies a city once more powerful than Thebes and Memphis. This was Tanis — the lost capital of Pharaoh Ramses II, the mightiest builder in all of Ancient Egypt. Here stood colossal statues, towering obelisks, and golden treasures that rivaled even Tutankhamun. Yet today, the city lies in ruins, buried in silence, almost erased by time. Why did this glorious capital vanish? Was it destroyed by natural forces,

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