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Her name echoes down the corridors, in classrooms and in books, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt was a great French Egyptologist and, in the opinion of the writer, a woman strong and determined enough to have been the first female to direct...

Granite statue of Egyptian Queen Tuya. 19th Dynasty, during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II, 1279-1213 BCE. Ramses II dedicated the statue to his mother, Tuya. The statue was discovered in 1714 CE in the Vigna Verospi (Horti Sallustiani) in...

A photo of a wall relief of Philistine captives being led away after their failed invasion of Egypt. Located at the mortuary temple of Ramses III, Medinet Habu, Theban Necropolis, Egypt

A map illustrating the state of Egypt at its height during the New Kingdom (c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE). Also known as the Egyptian Empire, this period began with the reunification of Egypt under Ahmose I (around 1550 BCE) and ended c. 1070 BCE...

Ra travelling through the underworld in his barque, from the copy of the Book of Gates in the tomb of Ramses I, Egypt, c. 1290 BCE.

Profile of pharaoh Ramesses VI (aka. Ramses VI). Similar drawings have been found inside the king's tomb. 1143-1136 BCE (20th Dynasty of Egypt). Exhibited in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France (N 498).

The Flaminio Obelisk is believed to originate from the time of Seti I (1290–1279 BCE), and his son Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE). It was brought to Rome by Emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE –14 CE) for the Circus Maximus, and today it stands in the...

Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 BCE, alternative spellings: Ramses, Rameses) was known to the Egyptians as Userma'atre'setepenre, which means 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra'. He is also known also as Ozymandias and...

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed February 25, 2015 Dr. Eric H. Cline Professor of Classics and Anthropology Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Director of the Capitol Archaeological...

Ramesses the Great (also known as Ramesses II, as well as the shorter form of his name Ramses) was the third Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and not only lived for 96 years but reigned for sixty-six of those years between 1279...