"In 1974, Ramesses II was sent on a flight to Paris for preservation and maintenance work," reads a Jan. 29 Facebook post, which is an image of a tweet. "But since French law required every person ...

Rameses II’s mummy can be found at the National ... skull from a CT scan which took thousands of X-rays and created an image from them all. Researchers in Liverpool then used the results of ...

Thursday morning, a rare solar alignment caused the sun to shine on the face of King Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel temple for 20 minutes, announcing the beginning of Egypt’s flood and growing season ...

Ancient Egypt’s ruler Ramses II has come to life in new detailed images created by CT software that allows accurate facial reconstruction. In a joint scientific project led by researchers from ...

At the heart of the exhibit was the coffin lid of Ramses surrounded by objects of gold. His image wore a ceremonial headdress while a dark-blue canopy painted with stars hung above the case.

Pharaoh Ramses II," said Olette-Pelletier. Furthermore, the detail of an offering table was found beneath one of the images of the god Amon. In order to read the messages, viewers had to walk ...

The Australian Museum in Sydney recently concluded its enormously successful run of the "Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition, held from 17 November 2003 to 19 May 2024. “The ...

Thousands of visitors from all over Germany lined up at the main entrance, waiting for hours to view the treasures of King Ramses II. The Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition includes ...

The funerary temple of Ramses II, the 13th-century B.C.E pharaoh, is worthy of his epithet: the Great. On the west banks of the Nile at the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, in modern day Luxor ...

The 12th century B.C.E. was a period of seismic unrest across the Eastern Mediterranean and when Ramses III had overcome invasions by the Libyans and the mysterious Sea Peoples, he set about ...

Ramses II is documented as having been quite ... Elaborate jewelry was among the burial objects.Image: Horst Krauth/DW So why is Egypt sending these treasures to be displayed around the world?