(CAIRO) — In a case of mistaken identity, Egypt’s antiquities minister says that a statue pulled from the mud is not of Pharaoh Ramses II, as believed, but could be another king. BBC News reports that ...

The top half of a statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been unearthed by archaeologists in southern Egypt. Discovered at the El Ashmunein site, the 12.5-foot-tall limestone fragment was found by a ...

Egypt on Thursday shifted a colossal statue of legendary Pharaoh Ramses II into place at the entrance to a new museum in Cairo that officials hope can help win back tourists. The iconic 3,200-year-old ...

THE ancient, 80-ton statue of Ramses II has been transported to a new location in a grand ceremony attended by Egyptian officials and foreign diplomats. The statue, which dates back 3300 years, was ...

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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 ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered a giant 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II, in what the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is describing as “one of [its] most important ...

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Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a sword earlier this month which was marked by ancient pharaoh Ramses II, Egypt's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. The bronze sword with engravings of the ...

CAIRO, Egypt — A giant statue of Pharaoh Ramses II will be moved next month to a more serene home near the Great Pyramids from a congested square in downtown Cairo in a bid to save it from corrosive ...

The torso of a huge statue, possibly 3,000 years old, has been lifted from the ground in Egypt. It could depict a famous pharaoh. The statue's giant head and other fragments were extracted from the ...