The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's ... pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and ...

Unlike Tut, the tomb of Ramses II in the Valley of the Kings was looted of its ritual artifacts, despite elaborate attempts to conceal its whereabouts. Royal priests later moved the pharaoh to a ...

The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...

I am floating peacefully high above the bustle of Luxor’s dusty streets, only the occasional burst from the burner of the hot ...

Ramses’ death in 1213 B.C.E. left a layered physical trail, thanks to multifaceted Egyptian entombing techniques and numerous ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King ...

Ramesses II - the third Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty ... On his death, he was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings; his body was later moved to a royal cache where it was ...

His mummy is burried in the heart of the Valley of the Kings. This is the beginning ... which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.

Ramesses II is believed to be the pharaoh who ruled over Egypt in the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian king, whose name is also spelled Ramses, was born in 1303 B.C. and died in 1213 B.C. The tourism ...

In fact, you'll find 63 royal tombs here, including notable pharaohs like Tutankhamun (or King Tut), Ay and Ramses VI. The tombs are spread across two areas: the East Valley, where the bulk of the ...

open image in gallery The beautifully-preserved tunnel of the tomb of Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings. (Ben Mitchell/PA) The lines of finely crafted images depicting the life of the God-king ...