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Mummy of Ramses II’s high priest at the Royal Museum of Scotland
Image by Shadowgate via Flickr The mummy and coffin of a high priest of Ramses the Great will be displayed in public for the first time at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Iufenamun and his coffin were brought to Scotland by the Victorian engineer Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff, probably given to him while stationed in Egypt. He... »
Dental and other diseases revealed in ancient Egyptian mummy study
Image by Steve Parker via Flickr After examining research of more than 3,000 mummies, anatomists and paleopathologists at the University of Zurich concluded that 18 percent of all mummies in case reports showed a nightmare array of dental diseases. Worn teeth, periodontal diseases, abscesses and cavities tormented the ancient Egyptians, as the first systematic review... »
Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries
This volume (624 pages) presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II. They range across social categories from grand viziers, viceroys of Nubia, chiefs of treasury and granaries, high priests and leading clerics of Egypt’s principal gods, army generals and... »
Up to 2,000 tourists witness sun perpendicular on Ramses II face in Abu Simbel
Image via Wikipedia Up to 2,000 tourists saw in the morning of Feb 22 the unique event of the Sun’s rays penetrating the Great Temple all the way to the inner sanctum to illuminate the face of Ramses II. The rare astronomical and engineering phenomenon happens on February 22 and October 22 each year. The director... »
Work begins to uncover largest statue of Ramses II
An archeological team, under the direction of Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharoah Ramses II is buried in the southern Egyptian town of Sohag. Excavation work had been hampered by the presence of a Muslim cemetery in the region of Akhmim across the Nile River from... »
Sun shines on Ramses II at Abu Simbel
The first rays of the morning sun lit up the the statue of pharaoh Ramses II at his temple in Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, a phenomenon that occurs only twice a year. The sun began to enter the temple at 0555 local time (02.55 GMT) for 24 minutes to illuminate the figure of the... »
Granite statue found in the Nile delta is probably of Ramses the Great
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a granite statue probably depicting Ramses II. Researchers discovered the statue 150 cm (five feet) under ground in the eastern Nile Delta town of Tell Basta, which was once the capital of ancient Egypt, the culture ministry said. The pink granite head had a broken nose and a missing beard, Zahi... »
Egyptian mummy in UK is son of Ramses II
An Egyptian mummy on display for nearly 80 years at the Bolton Museum in the UK has been identified as a son of the pharaoh Ramses II. Based on hieroglyphics on its sarcophagus, the 3,000-year old mummy was believed to be a female temple dancer. But experts from York University are now sure that the... »
