Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific ... Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic statue ever, a seated ...

This elegant temple rests along the Nile in the heart of the modern town of Luxor (site of ancient Thebes). It was begun by Amenophis III and largely completed by Ramses II, though later builders ...

( MENAFN - Nam News Network) CAIRO, Jan 31 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt's Ministry of tourism and Antiquities, announced yesterday, the start of the restoration process of the Ramesseum temple, in the southern ...

Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of ... 14th century B.C. during the reigns of Amenhotep III and Ramses II. Notable features of this historic structure include an obelisk ...

He died 3,000 years ago, but the world still knows his name: Ramses II. Many of his treasures and ... so he instructed his sculptors to carve temple inscriptions throughout Egypt proclaiming ...

The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor. During ... Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and ...

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