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The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis (modern-day el-Ashmunein), about 155 miles (250 kilometers) south ...

From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

The discovery of a long-missing fragment of a colossal statue of King Ramses II has closed a chapter that had been left hanging for nearly a century. Archaeologists have finally reunited the upper and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission in El Ashmunein CAIRO (Reuters) ...

A team co-led by a CU Boulder classics researcher has unearthed the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramesses II was immortalized in Percy ...

The top portion of a limestone statue depicting Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II was unearthed at an archaeological site in Middle Egypt. (all photos by the City of the Baboon Project, courtesy ...

An American archaeological mission from New York University has completed the restoration of a granite head of Ramesses II at ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt's tourism ...