Our eight-day cruise hit many highlights: the extensive temples at Karnak and Luxor; the colossal statues of Ramses II ...

Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, reigned for 66 years during Egypt’s New Kingdom and became one of its most ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on ...

Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on one side of the obelisk would have only been read by wealthy nobles approaching by boat.

Ramses II lived from 1279 BC to 1213 BC. The pharaoh was known to Egyptians as Userma'atre'setepenre, meaning 'keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra', according to the ...

Overall, the secret inscriptions highlight Ramses II’s power, victories, longevity, and his appeasement of the gods through word-play from well-known papyrus texts.

The Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibition opened in Tokyo last week following the success of its US and European tours, reports Nevine El-Aref ...

In the annals of Egypt’s ancient past, few rulers stand taller than Ramses II. Yet the long memory of history has not always been kind to Ramses the Great. Inspired by a statue fragment of the ancient ...

10. UNESCO Enany was eight years old when UNESCO oversaw the rescue of the monuments of Nubia in southern Egypt in the 1960s. It was a defining moment for the future Egyptologist, who 30 years later ...

The journey was worth it to see the larger than life statues of Ramses II — and to marvel at the fact that this 3,000-year-old monument was saved by preservationists during the 1960s, when it ...

The monuments to Ramses II have weathered centuries—and a major relocation. The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt. Photo: Roger Wood/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images.