The biggest and most expensive construction project Egypt had ever seen was funded by Ramses. Which pharaoh made Egypt rich? Amenhotep III became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, during which time Egypt had ...

Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian god Sokar-Osiris who protected the ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. 19th-early 20th CE Orientalism: Photogra... 19th-early 20th CE Orientalism: Photographs of Egypt, the Middle East and the Mediterranean Temple of ...

From his military achievements to his love life, discover 10 facts about Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt’s most celebrated ...

The court is surrounded by statues of Ramses III in his Jubilee vestments. (Jubilees were typically celebrated in the 30th year of a pharaoh's reign and every five years thereafter.) Detail from ...

Ramesses II was one of the most powerful ... although it actually depicted the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; and in early ...

A fragment of a painted limestone relief dating to about 1400 B.C. from Thebes in Egypt depicts defeated Canaanites.(Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Here’s how it works. An astronomical observatory, gold tongues found in mummies, a sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II and a 4,500 year-old attempt to treat cancer are just some ...

For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after becoming pharaoh in 1307 B.C.*, has come down to us today as one of the most recognizable names from ancient Egypt. For many it conjures up vast ...

This piece of papyrus (ancient Egyptian paper) shows Pharaoh Ramesses III standing in front of the three Gods of Memphis: Ptah, Sekhmet and Nfertum. Ancient Egyptians decorated themselves with as ...

Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the ... The other statue actually represented the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. In early Egyptology, all statues of the sort were referred to as "Memnons." ...