The rise of Ramses II was no mere political affair—it was a divine transformation. In a dramatic five-day coronation atop the sacred mountain of Amun, young Ramses was purified, anointed, and crowned ...

Alexander the Great: Legendary Conqueror, about one of history’s greatest military leaders has been snagged by buyers ...

In his most celebrated poem, published in 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley offers commentary on the ephemeral nature of power. Therein a traveler in an “antique land” comes upon “two vast and trunkless legs ...

STORY: Officials unveiled the wooden coffin to a crowd of reporters and cameras at the Grande Halle of La Villette exhibition centre. "It's not the mummy but the coffin of Ramses II, a wooden case ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

A 3,400 year-old bust of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh King Ramses II has been returned to Egypt after being stolen and smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago. The bust is being held at Cairo’s ...

The top half of a statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been unearthed by archaeologists in southern Egypt. Discovered at the El Ashmunein site, the 12.5-foot-tall limestone fragment was found by a ...

In 2019, archaeologists made a stunning discovery just outside Giza: a unique pink granite statue of Ramses II buried in a muddy pit. The statue was unearthed under the home of a man recently arrested ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...