From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

Witness the ultimate transformation of a man into a living god. This is the epic, five-day coronation of Ramses II, a sacred and secretive ritual high on the mountain of Amun where a mortal king was ...

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 ...

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 ...