A fragment of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II. Photo: Kevin Cahail An engraved stone slab found under a Coptic building in Abydos, Egypt, is part of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to a team ...

Dead Funny History: Ramesses the Great. Join historian Greg Jenner for a fast-paced, funny and fascinating journey through the life of Ramesses II, aka Ramesses the Gr8, one of Ancient Egypt’s most ...

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A sarcophagus fragment discovered beneath the floor of a religious center belongs to Ramesses II, one of the best-known ancient Egyptian pharaohs, according to a new study. Archaeologists unearthed ...

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes. Local Note Typed index card reads, "Y 6 Egy. Egypt. Cairo. Mummy of Rameses II. XIX Dyn. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-13, 16." The card was ...

The remains of Ramses II, a remarkably preserved mummy that was given urgent medical attention in France in 1976 at the Musee de l'Homme - Copyright GETTY IMAGES ...

Egyptian mummies are historically important and a popular source of interest for people even today. These mummies provide information to archeologists and researchers about the culture and common ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt sent an archaeological team to France on Thursday to retrieve 3,200-year-old strands of hair from the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II, who presided over an era of great military ...

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 most ...

A mega exhibition honouring the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II opens this week in Paris, with his sarcophagus making a rare voyage abroad for the occasion. But in 1976 the French capital hosted the great ...