The pylon consists of two towers that flank a central entrance gate, presumably to a temple complex. It is about 167 feet wide and originally stood up to 60 feet tall.

Archaeologists in Egypt are working to restore the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II, an Old Testament pharaoh believed to have interacted with Moses in the Book of Exodus.

the temple was engulfed in sand, which reached to the shoulders of the two seated statues of Ramses II that you see to either side of the portal. Ramses II also erected the 79-foot-tall pylon and ...

An archaeological mission has uncovered a complete Ptolemaic temple pylon at the western side of the main temple of Athribis in Sohag, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of ...

Built as a mortuary temple for Ramses II, the Ramesseum Temple suffered damage from a 27 BCE earthquake. The Supreme Council ...

The first pylon of the Ramesseum on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor is undergoing major restoration, reports Nevine El-Aref ...

The project aims to restore the temple's first pylon by reassembling its building stones, and to create a project database based on scientific documents, said Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary ...