The solar alignment occurs on February 22 and October 22 each year, which are days associated with the agricultural and ...

The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...

Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...

The Egyptian king, whose name is also spelled Ramses, was born in 1303 B.C ... According to Egyptian officials, Ramesses II built the temple to honor Amun-Ra, the Egyptian god of the air, the ...

The sun aligned on the statue of Ramses II in Aswan's Abu Simbel Temple on Saturday morning in a rare astronomical phenomenon ...

Ramses II had many other accomplishments in his years as pharaoh. These include having over 100 children, creating the temple at Abu Simbel and housing over 10,000 scrolls in his funerary temple ...

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

Detail from the Temple of Ramses III. You start facing north toward the Great Court, with the statue of Ramses II in view through the door. On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you are scenes ...

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