The Egyptian Building in Chino Hills is a surprising strip mall restaurant made to look like the Abu Simbel temples in Egypt ...

On Saturday, sun’s alignment with the face of King Ramses II at the Abu Simbel Temple was obscured due to heavy clouds and weather fluctuations that enveloped the city since morning. Despite the ...

Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the greatest ...

For thousands of years, the sitting figure of Ramses II watched over the Nile, till the construction of the Aswan dam threatened to drown the ancient temple under the waters of the river. In an ...

Detail from the Temple of Ramses III. You start facing north toward the Great Court, with the statue of Ramses II in view through the door. On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you are scenes ...

Ramses II bouwde de tempel Abu Simbel voor zichzelf in het oude Nubië ... The monuments of the property include exceptional architecture, such as the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, carved out of an ...

The two Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae are the most illustrious of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (Egypt), listed as World Heritage since 1979.

During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of ...

The "Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition features 180 artefacts, including King Ramses II's wooden sarcophagus from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, rare pieces from the ...