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 antiquities ministry ...

CAIRO, March 13. /TASS/. Egyptian archeologists hoisted the torso of a huge statue of Pharaoh Ramses II from a muddy ditch in northeastern Cairo, a TASS correspondent reported on Monday.

Initially archaeologists thought it was Ramses II, until one Psamtek’s five names was found engraved on the statue ... is in the Egyptian capital Cairo: “Many ruins from ancient Egypt ...

Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 BC ... There were two courtyards in the Ramesseum, and our statue sat at the entrance to the second one. But magnificent though ...

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 ...

Yuriko Koike expressed her delight in hosting the exhibition, particularly in a year that marks the 35th anniversary of the sister-city agreement between Cairo ... statue of Ramses II is a ...

CAIRO – Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts ...

In addition, statues depicting him or his family members, opulent pieces of jewelry, animal mummies and death masks bear witness to a world long gone. Ramses II most likely could never have ...

including the wooden coffin of King Ramses II from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Visitors can see an array of statues, gold jewelry, cosmetic tools, and painted coffins.

Cairo (AFP) – Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts ...

Statue of Ramesses II (made around 1250 BC ... loaded the bust onto a boat and the dramatic cargo went from there to Cairo, to Alexandria, and then finally to London. On arrival, it astounded ...