Just over a century ago today, British archaeologists discovered the entrance to the Ancient Egyptian monarch’s tomb … ...

Even the mightiest of Egyptian pharaohs could not outrun personal grief. Ramses II, a father to over 150 children, was forced to face the unthinkable: outliving many of his own sons. In a monumental ...

THE world’s biggest museum has finally opened to the public – with the incredible gallery boasting rooms of ancient gold and ...

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 ...

The exhibit appeared in Houston; San Francisco; Sydney, Paris, and Cologne before arriving in Japan in March. Continued ...

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 ...

It’s a now-familiar story. After five years of fruitless searching, British archaeologist Howard Carter finally in November 1922 made the discovery of the ages. Beneath the debris of the tomb of ...

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The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.