Ramses II, the second-longest ruling pharaoh in Ancient Egypt, reigned from 1279 to 1213 B.C., a period marking the final peak of Egypt’s military power.

Inside the sarcophagus they discovered the boy king's mummy wearing a mask fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones.

CT scans of a mummified Egyptian pharaoh, once suspected to be the victim of a palace assassination, suggest that he was actually executed after being captured in battle in the mid-16th century BCE.

A 4,000-year-old tomb belonging to an ancient Egyptian prince has been uncovered following excavations at the Saqarra Necropolis - and the false door weighs a tonne ...

Ancient cultural blending is shown by the Egyptian genome. This is a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly 5,000 years says researchers ...

The forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian pharaoh and the circumstances of his exceptionally violent death. Seqenenre-Taa-II was ...

As Egypt's second-known female pharaoh and an influential stateswoman, her legacy far outshone his. Now Thutmose II is back in the spotlight.

More than 2,000 decomposed ram skulls unearthed in a newly discovered warehouse in the temple of the ancient pharaoh Ramses II will help archeologists uncover more details about one of the oldest ...

Some unfortunate events in Egypt, like the Suez Canal blockage, are being blamed on a possible "pharaoh's curse" as 22 mummies are set to be relocated.

In Egypt, though the Pharaoh was a pure autocrat, the rules of conduct were made by priests, and religion and law were one. A most remarkable work that is preserved for us is the ritual commonly ...