A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...

which reached to the shoulders of the two seated statues of Ramses II that you see to either side of the portal. Ramses II also erected the 79-foot-tall pylon and a pair of pink granite obelisks.

What it is: A broken statue depicting the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (also spelled Ramses II) Where it is from: Ancient Thebes, Egypt When it was made: About 3,300 years ago Related: Pazyryk ...

The late Aly el Gasab, one of Egypt's foremost specialists in moving heavy statues ... the obelisk in position as other laborers pulled it upright. Aly el Gasab skillfully directed the Egyptian ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a statue of a sphinx while draining water from the pharaonic temple of Kom Ombo near the southern city of Aswan. The antiquities ministry said the statue of ...