ancient Egyptian inscription What's in a name? Well, in the case of Rameses I, no less than immortality—and this for a man of humble roots. For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after ...

The 12th century B.C.E. was a period of seismic unrest across the Eastern Mediterranean and when Ramses III had overcome invasions by the Libyans and the mysterious Sea Peoples, he set about ...

Rameses became the third king of the 19th Dynasty at the age of 25. His reign is best known for the buildings he commissioned. Early in his reign, he constructed a new capital, Piramesse, in the ...

Is your hobby ancient Egypt, and especially one of its most famous pharaohs, Ramesses II. The here are the places to visit in his footsteps... Ramesses II was famously one of the most prolific ...