The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died ...

Having a lot of children can cause headaches when settling issues of inheritance. Even more so when a royal throne is part of ...

In 2019, archaeologists were stunned at the discovery of a unique pink granite statue of Ramses II buried in a muddy pit. The ...

On the outskirts of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II finds himself ensnared in an ambush set by the Hittites. Through a tumultuous clash of chariots and strategic might, the Battle of Kadesh unfolds—the ...

Now at peace, Ramesses could concentrate on his two great loves - his chief queen, Nefertari, and himself. He constructed the Ramesseum, a temple, purpose-built to manufacture tales of his greatness.

If greatness is attached to Ramesses II’s name, it is in large part because he insisted on telling the world—repeatedly and on a massive scale—just how great he was. Over the course of his ...

According to the prize-winning Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson in his new book Ramesses The Great: Egypt’s King of Kings, part of the Yale University Press Ancient Lives Series, Ramesses was the ...

Elaine Sullivan at the Unas burial chamber in Egypt. Unas was the ninth king of the Fifth Dynasty. Ramses the Great has been dead for 3,235 years, but this powerful Pharaoh still keeps a hold on the ...

In fact, nine others would follow in the next dynasty. But he was the only one who has the "the Great" attached to his moniker. Renown warriors, both his father Seti I and his grandfather (Ramesses I) ...

Behold “Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs.” It’s not just an exhibit but a multimedia production created by World Heritage Exhibitions, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Cityneon ...

“It could have just been a lump of rock.” A bas-relief of Ramesses II on his chariot during the Battle of Kadesh on the south wall in the Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt.

Unlike Alexander or Frederick, Ramesses the Great did not earn his sobriquet through feats of arms. His most famous military engagement—the battle of Kadesh in 1274BC—ended in a bloody draw.