Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered a rare royal inscription bearing the seal of Pharaoh Ramses III, dating back ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long ...

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

Nearly a century after the base of a colossal statue of Ramesses II was uncovered in Egypt, archaeologists have found its long-lost top half—and it fits like a missing puzzle piece. The remarkable ...

Archeological work at Ramses II's mortuary, known as the Ramesseum, has uncovered a school, stone workshops, and storage ...

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

and depicted Ramesses II wearing a headdress topped with a royal cobra. However, the discovery of this ancient statue—and exquisite preservation—was far from certain when the statue was first ...

Some 96 years ago, German archaeologist Günther Roeder unearthed the lower half of what would’ve been a massive, 23-foot-tall statue of Ramesses II—one of the most celebrated pharaohs throughout all ...