The claim: Ramesses II was issued a passport 3,000 years after his death in order for his mummy to fly to Paris A viral meme circulating on social media purports to show the passport of Pharaoh ...
A fragment of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II. Photo: Kevin Cahail An engraved stone slab found under a Coptic building in Abydos, Egypt, is part of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to a team ...
A mega exhibition honouring the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II opens this week in Paris, with his sarcophagus making a rare voyage abroad for the occasion. But in 1976 the French capital hosted the great ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A giant bust of Ramesses II, who ruled ancient Egypt for about 66 years. . | Credit: Mike Kemp/In ...
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes. Local Note Typed index card reads, "Y 6 Egy. Egypt. Cairo. Mummy of Rameses II. XIX Dyn. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-13, 15." The card was ...
It’s exodus in reverse. After wandering the planet for 150 years, a stolen mummy is returning to Egypt. Emory University is giving up the mummified remains of Ramses I, whose lineage included Ramses ...
According to the prize-winning Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson in his new book Ramesses The Great: Egypt’s King of Kings, part of the Yale University Press Ancient Lives Series, Ramesses was the most ...