The temple itself is 180 meters long and 66 meters wide. Constructed in the style of funerary temples of the ancient ...

Ramses II led the Egyptian army against several enemies including the Hittites, Syrians, Libyans, and Nubians during his reign as pharaoh. By securing Egypt's borders in the face of attackers, he ...

Ramses II was supposed to have been quite vain ... during his reign was the battle for the important trading city of Kadesh. Under his command, some 20,000 warriors marched against the enemy ...

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.

Rameses reasserted Egyptian control over the Levant in the east and Nubia to the south. The most momentous event of his reign was the Battle of Kadesh (now in Syria) in 1274 BC. Rameses claimed a ...

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