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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'
What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II) Where it is from: Ancient Thebes, Egypt When it was made: About 3,300 years ago Related: Pazyryk ...
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Ramses II exhibition opens in Japan
The Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibition opened in Tokyo last week following the success of its US and European ...
The last missing tomb from this wealthy Egyptian dynasty has been found
The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...
4,000 visitors gathered, but heavy clouds spoiled King Ramses II Abu Simbel's sun alignment
The solar alignment occurs on February 22 and October 22 each year, which are days associated with the agricultural and harvest seasons for the ancient Egyptians.
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The Grand Egyptian Museum is due to finally open on 3 July, here’s a sneak peek
The Art Newspaper took a tour of this treasure-stuffed colossus and was impressed by its gargantuan scale and coherent layout ...
Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun – here’s how we know who lay inside
Discovered in 2022, the site is some 1.2 miles away from the Valley of the Kings, where tombs for Thutmose I and III and ...
Twice as big as Paris’ Louvre, how Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to increase tourism
Treasures of Tutankhamen will take pride of place when the museum, showing more than 100,000 artefacts from Egypt’s golden ...
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Archaeologists Unearth the First Pharaoh’s Tomb Since Tutankhamun
The discovery is also a reminder of how archaeologists are tirelessly revealing new details of the past; last year, another group of researchers found part of Ramesses II’s original sarcophagus ...
Ahram Online7d
Tokyo celebrates the arrival of ‘Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs’ exhibition ahead of its official opening
Tokyo is preparing to host the "Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition, with metro stations, building facades, and ...
World’s biggest $1BILLION mega-museum built for ‘cursed’ coffin of King Tut & 100,000 relics to FINALLY open after 20yrs
A MEGA-museum housing some of the world’s most precious archaeological finds will finally open its doors to visitors after more than twenty years of waiting. The Grand Egyptian Museum in ...
Daily Sabah7d
Grand Egyptian Museum set to open with iconic treasures, wonders
Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a ...